Sharps Fire
The Sharps Fire was reported on July 29, 2018 in Blaine County, Idaho and burned 64,764 acres. It was declared out on October 31, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 64,764 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.467, -114.145.
The incident
- Size
- 64,764 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018 at 11:16 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 6, 2018 at 10:26 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 11, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 31, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 6 miles east of Bellevue Idaho
- County
- Blaine County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Bellevue
- Protecting agency
- DL
- Jurisdiction
- DL
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,490,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDEIS-000247
- IRWIN identifier
- C6F83B30-CD6C-44F7-8977-20964A9D8591
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bellevue, 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 10:15 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDEIS-000247.