Ida Fire
The Ida Fire was reported on August 24, 2023 in Vernon County, Louisiana and burned 3,628 acres. It was declared out on December 4, 2023.
- Size
- 3,628 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2023
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped January 31, 2024 at 9:17 AM CST, 3,641 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 30.971, -93.219.
The incident
- Size
- 3,628 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2023 at 4:19 PM CDT
- Contained
- October 12, 2023 at 5:41 PM CDT
- Controlled
- October 12, 2023 at 5:43 PM CDT
- Declared out
- December 4, 2023 at 8:00 AM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Twelve miles southeast of Leesville, LA.
- County
- Vernon County
- State
- Louisiana
- Nearest city reported
- Leesville
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,470,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-LAKIF-000258
- IRWIN identifier
- 7B302F78-2294-46D2-861C-BB1D76CF0509
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 27, 2023 (0 acres) to January 31, 2024 (3,641 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,428 acres, mapped August 29, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2023 | 0 | |
| August 28, 2023 | 463 | +463 |
| August 29, 2023 | 3,890 | +3,427 |
| August 30, 2023 | 3,938 | +48 |
| September 1, 2023 | 3,628 | -310 |
| September 2, 2023 | 3,640 | +12 |
| September 3, 2023 | 3,640 | 0 |
| January 31, 2024 | 3,641 | +1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rosepine, LA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rosepine, LA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Polk South, LA6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Polk North, LA9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- DeRidder, LA10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- New Llano, LA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Leesville, LA12 miles north 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 December 5, 2023 at 9:00 AM CST. Identifier 2023-LAKIF-000258.