Shoestring Fire
The Shoestring Fire was reported on August 5, 2017 in Gooding County, Idaho and burned 35,704 acres. It was declared out on August 15, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 35,704 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2017
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.865, -114.712.
The incident
- Size
- 35,704 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2017 at 1:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 15, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Between Gooding and Wendell
- County
- Gooding County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Wendell
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $190,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDTFD-000308
- IRWIN identifier
- 9E3FD3EB-6993-490D-8D0A-DB9C941237ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gooding, 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 11, 2018 at 3:37 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDTFD-000308.