Owyhee Fire
The Owyhee Fire was reported on August 24, 2017 in Owyhee County, Idaho and burned 1,139 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,139 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.214, -116.907.
The incident
- Size
- 1,139 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017 at 1:17 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 42 MILES SSE OF JORDAN VALLEY, OR
- County
- Owyhee County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $220,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDBOD-000785
- IRWIN identifier
- 3A8B443C-DB9F-46C6-B095-223CC9156A01
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Owyhee, NV 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 April 20, 2018 at 11:09 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-IDBOD-000785.