Five Cent Fire
The Five Cent Fire was reported on July 4, 2018 in Elmore County, Idaho and burned 2,642 acres. It was declared out on July 8, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,642 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 4, 2018
- Personnel
- 31
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.026, -115.908.
The incident
- Size
- 2,642 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 4, 2018 at 8:53 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 5, 2018 at 2:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 6, 2018 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 12 MILES SW OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
- County
- Elmore County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 31
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDBOD-000445
- IRWIN identifier
- 28520A4E-A673-40FE-8567-FCF6239FB8E8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Home, 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 August 12, 2018 at 1:44 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDBOD-000445.