Bench Lake Fire
The Bench Lake Fire was reported on July 11, 2024 in Custer County, Idaho and burned 2,595 acres. It was declared out on December 18, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,595 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2024
- Personnel
- 4
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM MST, 2,595 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 44.115, -114.961.
The incident
- Size
- 2,595 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2024 at 12:26 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 17, 2024 at 10:40 AM MDT
- Declared out
- December 18, 2024 at 10:18 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 8 miles south of Stanley, ID
- County
- Custer County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Stanley, ID
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Light Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-IDSTF-000180
- IRWIN identifier
- 8821490D-1559-4BF6-9941-A0BC42B43597
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 12, 2024 (56 acres) to August 27, 2024 (2,595 acres). The largest one-day growth was 655 acres, mapped July 16, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2024 | 56 | |
| July 13, 2024 | 84 | +28 |
| July 14, 2024 | 738 | +654 |
| July 15, 2024 | 664 | -74 |
| July 16, 2024 | 1,319 | +655 |
| July 17, 2024 | 1,850 | +531 |
| July 18, 2024 | 2,037 | +187 |
| July 19, 2024 | 2,427 | +390 |
| July 20, 2024 | 2,525 | +98 |
| July 21, 2024 | 2,568 | +43 |
| July 22, 2024 | 2,583 | +15 |
| July 23, 2024 | 2,595 | +12 |
| August 26, 2024 | 2,595 | 0 |
| August 27, 2024 | 2,595 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sun Valley, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sun Valley, ID42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ketchum, ID42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Challis, ID45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hailey, ID52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bellevue, ID57 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hidden Spring, ID70 miles west 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 January 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM MST. Identifier 2024-IDSTF-000180.