Eagle Creek Fire
The Eagle Creek Fire was reported on August 31, 2017 in Idaho County, Idaho and burned 4,500 acres. It was declared out on October 18, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.822, -114.885.
The incident
- Size
- 4,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 31, 2017 at 12:15 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 18, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 35 miles SW of Darby, MT
- County
- Idaho County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500
- Part of
- Green Ridge Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTBRF-017227
- IRWIN identifier
- FF2C8FF0-715C-4C2E-BCC0-C3414897423F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darby, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Darby, MT37 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT46 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Grangeville, ID60 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kamiah, ID62 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Salmon, ID65 miles southeast 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 October 30, 2017 at 12:43 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTBRF-017227.