East Fire
The East Fire was reported on August 20, 2025 in Idaho County, Idaho and burned 2,250 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,250 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM MDT, 2,231 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 46.565, -114.839.
The incident
- Size
- 2,250 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 Miles NW from Powell, ID
- County
- Idaho County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Lolo MT
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,746,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-IDNCF-000699
- IRWIN identifier
- D2A66B91-21EA-4C6E-9B99-052A8C7F8FBA
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 21, 2025 (1 acres) to October 29, 2025 (2,231 acres). The largest one-day growth was 817 acres, mapped September 4, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2025 | 1 | |
| August 25, 2025 | 636 | +635 |
| August 30, 2025 | 736 | +100 |
| August 31, 2025 | 737 | +1 |
| September 1, 2025 | 741 | +4 |
| September 2, 2025 | 760 | +19 |
| September 3, 2025 | 788 | +28 |
| September 4, 2025 | 1,606 | +818 |
| September 5, 2025 | 1,817 | +211 |
| September 6, 2025 | 1,892 | +75 |
| September 8, 2025 | 2,114 | +222 |
| September 13, 2025 | 2,167 | +53 |
| September 14, 2025 | 2,209 | +42 |
| September 16, 2025 | 2,210 | +1 |
| September 17, 2025 | 2,212 | +2 |
| September 18, 2025 | 2,216 | +4 |
| October 29, 2025 | 2,231 | +15 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pinesdale, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pinesdale, MT34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT36 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lolo, MT38 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Frenchtown, MT42 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Homes, MT43 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 October 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-IDNCF-000699.