Bum Creek Fire
The Bum Creek Fire was reported on September 7, 2018 in Valley County, Idaho and burned 5,640 acres. It was declared out on November 8, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,640 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.995, -115.309.
The incident
- Size
- 5,640 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2018 at 8:25 AM MDT
- Contained
- October 4, 2018 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 8, 2018 at 12:42 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 8, 2018 at 12:42 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 miles east of Yellow Pine, ID
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDPAF-000451
- IRWIN identifier
- AA27DACA-A588-4462-89C4-91075B160792
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for McCall, 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 November 9, 2018 at 9:45 AM MST. Identifier 2018-IDPAF-000451.