Whiskey Fire
The Whiskey Fire was reported on September 1, 2017 in Blaine County, Idaho and burned 1,882 acres. It was declared out on September 14, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,882 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2017
- Personnel
- 45
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.801, -113.404.
The incident
- Size
- 1,882 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2017 at 3:43 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 4, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 14, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Five or six miles northwest of Minidoka
- County
- Blaine County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Minidoka
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 45
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $190,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-IDBLX-000394
- IRWIN identifier
- DED5AA3E-D541-4753-B096-77EF2D6682D1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rupert, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 15, 2019 at 12:52 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-IDBLX-000394.