Ibex Fire
The Ibex Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Custer County, Idaho and burned 17,256 acres. It was declared out on November 3, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,256 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.588, -114.695.
The incident
- Size
- 17,256 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 3:45 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 2, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 3, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10NM west of Challis, ID & C-YFRD.
- County
- Custer County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Challis
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,370,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDSCF-017139
- IRWIN identifier
- 28261CD8-0A83-4E19-A0BF-FD9B24B876ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Challis, ID covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 22, 2018 at 11:56 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDSCF-017139.