Lodgepole Fire
The Lodgepole Fire was reported on July 14, 2018 in Valley County, Idaho and burned 1,617 acres. It was declared out on October 2, 2018.
- Size
- 1,617 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.321, -115.831.
The incident
- Size
- 1,617 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 2, 2018 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 16 MILES NE OF GARDEN VALLEY, ID
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDBOF-000518
- IRWIN identifier
- 8BA845B4-D2D0-4874-B178-986FFB7708FA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cascade, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cascade, ID17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- McCall, ID43 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Emmett, ID45 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Spring, ID46 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle Foothills, ID49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagle, ID50 miles southwest 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 October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDBOF-000518.