Bruneau Fire
The Bruneau Fire was reported on July 24, 2018 in Owyhee County, Idaho and burned 60,873 acres. It was declared out on August 31, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 60,873 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2018
- Personnel
- 69
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.048, -115.597.
The incident
- Size
- 60,873 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2018 at 4:41 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 28, 2018 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 31, 2018 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 31, 2018 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles northwest of Murphy Hot Springs.
- County
- Owyhee County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Murphy Hot Springs
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 69
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDTFD-000226
- IRWIN identifier
- 91F5C03E-1DBA-4E0A-ADB0-4AC3571B052D
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 September 30, 2018 at 12:43 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-IDTFD-000226.