Powerline Fire
The Powerline Fire was reported on August 4, 2017 in Power County, Idaho and burned 55,529 acres. It was declared out on September 25, 2017.
- Size
- 55,529 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2017
- Personnel
- 51
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.736, -112.648.
The incident
- Size
- 55,529 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2017 at 8:14 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 25, 2017 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 Miles South West of Pocatello, Idaho
- County
- Power County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 51
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,512,207
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDFHA-000158
- IRWIN identifier
- D8735E22-130B-4ABC-9516-BDBC8EF75BCA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arbon Valley, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Arbon Valley, ID11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- American Falls, ID11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pocatello, ID14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chubbuck, ID16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Aberdeen, ID17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Tyhee, ID18 miles northeast 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 June 10, 2018 at 3:37 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDFHA-000158.