Garden Fire
The Garden Fire was reported on September 8, 2024 in Lemhi County, Idaho and burned 13,036 acres. It was declared out on November 26, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,036 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped December 2, 2024 at 3:46 PM MST, 13,036 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.287, -114.420.
The incident
- Size
- 13,036 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 8, 2024 at 7:36 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 25 Miles NW of Salmon
- County
- Lemhi County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Salmon, ID
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,720,330
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-IDSCF-240221
- IRWIN identifier
- 2F9B9D86-3B9A-4308-A659-DA30285561D8
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 23, 2024 (1 acres) to October 22, 2024 (13,036 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,792 acres, mapped October 8, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2024 | 1 | |
| October 8, 2024 | 7,793 | +7,792 |
| October 9, 2024 | 8,379 | +586 |
| October 10, 2024 | 9,947 | +1,568 |
| October 13, 2024 | 10,302 | +355 |
| October 15, 2024 | 10,716 | +414 |
| October 19, 2024 | 10,943 | +227 |
| October 20, 2024 | 13,036 | +2,093 |
| October 22, 2024 | 13,036 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Salmon, ID covers the area today.
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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 2, 2024 at 3:46 PM MST. Identifier 2024-IDSCF-240221.