Snowden Fire
The Snowden Fire was reported on June 7, 2023 in Clearwater County, Idaho and burned 945 acres. It was declared out on October 26, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 945 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped December 5, 2023 at 11:05 AM PST, 0 acres (gps-walked/driven). Point of origin 46.710, -115.553.
The incident
- Size
- 945 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2023 at 3:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 26, 2023 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- .5 miles north of Washington Creek Campgound
- County
- Clearwater County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $360,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-IDNCF-000220
- IRWIN identifier
- 6F5EE4AA-E5AC-44A0-8AD0-886E614D7107
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Orofino, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Orofino, ID37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Kamiah, ID40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Osburn, ID59 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Grangeville, ID61 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Plains, MT61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Thompson Falls, MT62 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 November 9, 2023 at 8:36 AM PST. Identifier 2023-IDNCF-000220.