Chimney Fire
The Chimney Fire was reported on September 2, 2024 in Camas County, Idaho and burned 6,519 acres. It was declared out on November 18, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,519 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2024
- Personnel
- 22
Map
Perimeter mapped January 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM MST, 6,519 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.454, -115.057.
The incident
- Size
- 6,519 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2024 at 12:57 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 31, 2024 at 11:33 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 18, 2024 at 12:20 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 miles NW of Fairfield, ID
- County
- Camas County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Fairfield
- Protecting agency
- DL
- Jurisdiction
- DL
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-IDEIS-000311
- IRWIN identifier
- 6DC514E6-1783-4E25-9B6D-3589ADD5E677
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 4, 2024 (3,631 acres) to September 14, 2024 (6,519 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,225 acres, mapped September 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2024 | 3,631 | |
| September 7, 2024 | 3,380 | -251 |
| September 8, 2024 | 3,708 | +328 |
| September 9, 2024 | 4,921 | +1,213 |
| September 10, 2024 | 6,146 | +1,225 |
| September 11, 2024 | 6,475 | +329 |
| September 12, 2024 | 6,490 | +15 |
| September 13, 2024 | 6,517 | +27 |
| September 14, 2024 | 6,519 | +2 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairfield, ID covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fairfield, ID15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Glenns Ferry, ID37 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Hailey, ID37 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Ketchum, ID38 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Home, ID39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, ID39 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 January 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM MST. Identifier 2024-IDEIS-000311.