Teapot Fire
The Teapot Fire was reported on November 11, 2018 in Elmore County, Idaho and burned 2,736 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,736 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 11, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.196, -115.550.
The incident
- Size
- 2,736 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 11, 2018 at 2:40 PM MST
- Contained
- November 12, 2018 at 4:47 PM MST
- Controlled
- November 13, 2018 at 6:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 15, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 9 MILES NE OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ID.
- County
- Elmore County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $55,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-IDBOD-001248
- IRWIN identifier
- E7A24AF2-08E1-44D2-A5A5-5E3182BAA9BC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mountain Home, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mountain Home, ID8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Glenns Ferry, ID21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Boise, ID44 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Garden City, ID45 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gooding, ID46 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Kuna, ID48 miles northwest 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 November 19, 2018 at 11:09 AM MST. Identifier 2018-IDBOD-001248.