Big Creek Fire
The Big Creek Fire was reported on August 26, 2023 in Franklin County, Idaho and burned 2,980 acres. It was declared out on November 6, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,980 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2023
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped January 2, 2024 at 5:24 AM MST, 1,971 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 42.076, -111.569.
The incident
- Size
- 2,980 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2023 at 4:33 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 6, 2023 at 2:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 6, 2023 at 2:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 18 miles southwest of Montpelier, ID.
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $275,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-IDCTF-000099
- IRWIN identifier
- A4C68C60-54BE-4F2A-A1D4-B907D1E0335F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Garden City, UT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Garden City, UT13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Preston, ID16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston, UT16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Richmond, UT16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Smithfield, UT21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Montpelier, ID22 miles northeast 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 November 15, 2023 at 10:05 AM MST. Identifier 2023-IDCTF-000099.