Russell Mountain Fire
The Russell Mountain Fire was reported on August 24, 2022 in Boundary County, Idaho and burned 14,213 acres. It was declared out on April 12, 2023.
- Size
- 14,213 acres
- Contained
- 85%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2022
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped October 19, 2022 at 7:40 PM PDT, 24,142 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.786, -116.569.
The incident
- Size
- 14,213 acres
- Containment
- 85%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2022 at 1:47 PM PDT
- Declared out
- April 12, 2023 at 9:15 AM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 13 miles northwest of Bonners Ferry, ID
- County
- Boundary County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $14,990,208
- Part of
- Kootenai River Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-IDIPF-000515
- IRWIN identifier
- E6787BB3-AEA0-4BC0-8799-240101930896
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bonners Ferry, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bonners Ferry, ID13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ponderay, ID33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sandpoint, ID35 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Priest River, ID45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Newport, WA47 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Libby, MT54 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 May 17, 2023 at 1:43 PM PDT. Identifier 2022-IDIPF-000515.