Tea Kettle Fire
The Tea Kettle Fire was reported on October 20, 2018 in Gooding County, Idaho and burned 2,315 acres. It was declared out on November 1, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,315 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 20, 2018
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 42.977, -114.847.
The incident
- Size
- 2,315 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 20, 2018 at 5:26 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 21, 2018 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 23, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 1, 2018 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 5 miles NE of Bliss
- County
- Gooding County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Bliss
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDTFD-000381
- IRWIN identifier
- 7EE8F7E8-65A5-4127-B011-1CC2E2912CB5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gooding, 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 11:32 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-IDTFD-000381.