Character Complex
The Character Complex was reported on July 10, 2021 in Shoshone County, Idaho and burned 12,367 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 12,367 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2021
- Personnel
- 12
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 47.645, -116.019.
The incident
- Size
- 12,367 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2021 at 4:24 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 miles North of Kellogg and within the Beaver Creek, Prichard Creek drainages.
- County
- Shoshone County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Kellogg
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,123,714
- Incident type
- Complex
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-IDIPF-000458
- IRWIN identifier
- 02B4F8FA-5BA2-4B4C-A734-C26BA80EF8F8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kellogg, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Kellogg, ID9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Osburn, ID10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Pinehurst, ID13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Thompson Falls, MT32 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Saint Maries, ID34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dalton Gardens, ID35 miles west of the fire’s origin
Idaho wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 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 July 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM PDT. Identifier 2021-IDIPF-000458.