Sheep Fire
The Sheep Fire was reported on July 22, 2019 in Jefferson County, Idaho and burned 112,106 acres. It was declared out on August 13, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 112,106 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019
- Personnel
- 109
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 43.715, -112.523.
The incident
- Size
- 112,106 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019 at 6:09 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2019 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 28, 2019 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 13, 2019 at 8:45 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Ten miles south of Mud Lake, Idaho.
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Idaho
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 109
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $710,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-IDINE-000081
- IRWIN identifier
- 5A43D800-EA23-4DA8-8CCB-A78BCF216E19
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Roberts, 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 August 13, 2019 at 8:46 AM MDT. Identifier 2019-IDINE-000081.