Chesterfield Fire
The Chesterfield Fire was reported on August 13, 2018 in Caribou County, Idaho and burned 2,380 acres. It was declared out on October 16, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,380 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2018
- Personnel
- 71
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.929, -111.990.
The incident
- Size
- 2,380 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2018 at 7:20 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 16, 2018 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 18, 2018 at 9:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 16, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 5 miles NW of Chesterfield, ID.
- County
- Caribou County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 71
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $660,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDFHA-000193
- IRWIN identifier
- E62B8108-069A-402D-A50B-40C7AAED5ADC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Inkom, 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 October 16, 2018 at 8:28 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDFHA-000193.