Ridge Creek Fire
The Ridge Creek Fire was reported on August 3, 2023 in Kootenai County, Idaho and burned 4,474 acres. It was declared out on November 28, 2023.
- Size
- 4,474 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2023
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped December 18, 2023 at 11:41 AM PST, 4,474 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 47.824, -116.614.
The incident
- Size
- 4,474 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2023 at 2:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 30, 2023 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- November 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Fire is burning north of trail 234 and on both sides of Hayden creek 437 road.
- County
- Kootenai County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Hayden Lake
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-IDIPF-000447
- IRWIN identifier
- 8EB69C6E-FC5F-4E8B-A322-2174A53A9CF9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 5, 2023 (7 acres) to December 18, 2023 (4,474 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,318 acres, mapped August 10, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2023 | 7 | |
| August 7, 2023 | 1,073 | +1,066 |
| August 10, 2023 | 2,392 | +1,319 |
| August 11, 2023 | 2,388 | -4 |
| August 12, 2023 | 2,417 | +29 |
| August 13, 2023 | 2,448 | +31 |
| August 14, 2023 | 2,553 | +105 |
| August 15, 2023 | 2,781 | +228 |
| August 16, 2023 | 3,124 | +343 |
| August 17, 2023 | 3,248 | +124 |
| August 18, 2023 | 3,517 | +269 |
| August 19, 2023 | 4,099 | +582 |
| August 20, 2023 | 4,111 | +12 |
| August 21, 2023 | 4,293 | +182 |
| August 23, 2023 | 4,302 | +9 |
| August 24, 2023 | 4,347 | +45 |
| August 25, 2023 | 4,358 | +11 |
| August 26, 2023 | 4,359 | +1 |
| August 28, 2023 | 4,366 | +7 |
| December 18, 2023 | 4,474 | +108 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hayden Lake, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hayden Lake, ID8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hayden, ID9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dalton Gardens, ID10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Coeur d'Alene, ID13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Rathdrum, ID13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Spirit Lake, ID15 miles northwest 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 July 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM PDT. Identifier 2023-IDIPF-000447.