Cedar Fire

OutButte County, Idaho2025Wildfire

The Cedar Fire was reported on July 29, 2025 in Butte County, Idaho and burned 866 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.

Size: 866 acres
Contained: 100%
Discovered: July 29, 2025
Personnel: 1

Map

Perimeter mapped February 24, 2026 at 1:33 PM MST, 867 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.159, -113.184.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Arco

The incident

Size: 866 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: July 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM MDT
Contained: August 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM MDT
Controlled: September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM MDT
Declared out: September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM MDT
Cause: Natural
Location: 49 Miles SE from Challis, ID
County: Butte County
State: Idaho
Nearest city reported: May, ID
Protecting agency: USFS
Jurisdiction: USFS
Land ownership at origin: USFS
Personnel assigned: 1
Incident management: Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
Primary fuel: Brush (2 feet)
Estimated cost to date: $2,150,000
Incident type: Wildfire
Unique fire identifier: 2025-IDSCF-250112
IRWIN identifier: DDA0BA29-0696-4A29-A9FE-92670948F7FB

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 1, 2025 (379 acres) to February 24, 2026 (867 acres). The largest one-day growth was 148 acres, mapped August 2, 2025.

Day	Acres	Change
August 1, 2025	379
August 2, 2025	527	+148
August 3, 2025	610	+83
August 4, 2025	699	+89
August 5, 2025	731	+32
August 6, 2025	739	+8
August 10, 2025	823	+84
August 16, 2025	838	+15
August 17, 2025	854	+16
August 18, 2025	867	+13
February 24, 2026	867	0

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arco, 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 September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-IDSCF-250112.