Spud Butte Fire
The Spud Butte Fire was reported on July 16, 2018 in Lincoln County, Idaho and burned 4,093 acres. It was declared out on July 24, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,093 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2018
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.169, -113.830.
The incident
- Size
- 4,093 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2018 at 1:53 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2018 at 9:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 18, 2018 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 24, 2018 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 miles southeast of Carey south of the Craters of the Moon.
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Carey
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $285,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDTFD-000185
- IRWIN identifier
- D7B6F5DC-EEC5-4F23-B102-ABBBE8DC17F1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carey, 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 November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDTFD-000185.