Crater Fire
The Crater Fire was reported on June 27, 2017 in Elmore County, Idaho and burned 1,073 acres. It was declared out on July 1, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,073 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.199, -115.890.
The incident
- Size
- 1,073 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2017 at 9:42 AM MDT
- Contained
- June 27, 2017 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 28, 2017 at 3:15 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles NW of Mountain Home, ID
- County
- Elmore County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDBOD-000337
- IRWIN identifier
- EFDEC18D-6ED8-4708-8944-6C60FAE30309
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Home, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mountain Home, ID11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Boise, ID33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Kuna, ID33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Garden City, ID34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Glenns Ferry, ID34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Meridian, ID38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 1, 2017 at 4:02 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDBOD-000337.