North Wendell Fire
The North Wendell Fire was reported on August 18, 2018 in Gooding County, Idaho and burned 2,273 acres. It was declared out on August 22, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,273 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2018
- Personnel
- 45
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.819, -114.706.
The incident
- Size
- 2,273 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2018 at 4:15 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 19, 2018 at 7:50 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2018 at 1:51 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Five miles north of Wendell
- County
- Gooding County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Wendell
- Protecting agency
- DL
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 45
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,015
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDGOX-000302
- IRWIN identifier
- 8118F5F9-89F8-420B-B497-E89D43328E26
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wendell, 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 November 1, 2018 at 9:44 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDGOX-000302.