Lightning Creek Fire
The Lightning Creek Fire was reported on July 30, 2025 in Bonner County, Idaho and burned 2,525 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,525 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2025
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM PST, 2,523 acres (remote sensing derived). Point of origin 48.284, -116.147.
The incident
- Size
- 2,525 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 Miles N from Clark Fork, ID
- County
- Bonner County
- State
- Idaho
- Nearest city reported
- Clark Fork
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Heavy Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,490,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-IDIPF-000493
- IRWIN identifier
- 775849BF-4945-45B6-9B09-A39B711E4A83
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 3, 2025 (1,563 acres) to November 5, 2025 (2,523 acres). The largest one-day growth was 559 acres, mapped August 4, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 3, 2025 | 1,563 | |
| August 4, 2025 | 2,121 | +558 |
| August 5, 2025 | 2,417 | +296 |
| August 6, 2025 | 2,427 | +10 |
| August 10, 2025 | 2,432 | +5 |
| August 11, 2025 | 2,461 | +29 |
| August 13, 2025 | 2,482 | +21 |
| August 15, 2025 | 2,515 | +33 |
| August 29, 2025 | 2,523 | +8 |
| November 5, 2025 | 2,523 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clark Fork, 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 November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM PST. Identifier 2025-IDIPF-000493.