8 Mile Fire
The 8 Mile Fire was reported on September 22, 2018 in Bear Lake County, Idaho and burned 1,006 acres. It was declared out on October 9, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,006 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2018
- Personnel
- 69
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.578, -111.553.
The incident
- Size
- 1,006 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2018 at 1:53 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 24, 2018 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 26, 2018 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 9, 2018 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Five Miles South of Soda Springs, Idaho
- County
- Bear Lake County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 69
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $385,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-ID2BN-000293
- IRWIN identifier
- CCA61685-C63E-40FA-A5F5-7AEAD66C9051
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Soda Springs, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Soda Springs, ID6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Conda, ID10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Montpelier, ID22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Afton, WY33 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Preston, ID37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Star Valley Ranch, WY41 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 November 6, 2018 at 8:36 AM MST. Identifier 2018-ID2BN-000293.