Lava Flow Fire
The Lava Flow Fire was reported on August 2, 2017 in Bingham County, Idaho and burned 22,636 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 22,636 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.353, -112.866.
The incident
- Size
- 22,636 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2017 at 5:24 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 6, 2017 at 9:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 18, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Seven miles south of Atomic City, Idaho.
- County
- Bingham County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $875,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDIFD-000148
- IRWIN identifier
- 36193E4D-09D3-4F9F-BB86-56ECE686424B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Moreland, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Moreland, ID23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Aberdeen, ID28 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Blackfoot, ID28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Hall, ID31 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tyhee, ID34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Chubbuck, ID36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 September 5, 2017 at 8:55 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDIFD-000148.