Fairfield Fire
The Fairfield Fire was reported on September 20, 2026 in Benewah County, Idaho and has burned 3 acres.
- Size
- 3 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 20, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 47.336, -116.997.
The incident
- Size
- 3 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Benewah County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- DL
- Jurisdiction
- TRIBE
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-IDSJS-000896
- IRWIN identifier
- 11FDFF97-C8E9-411F-8E6B-497ED9E610F3
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 34%
- High of 76°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 2.5 µg/m³ around Thu, 7:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Plummer, ID5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Saint Maries, ID20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Veradale, WA24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Liberty Lake, WA24 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Opportunity, WA24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Coeur d'Alene, ID26 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 September 20, 2026 at 5:40 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-IDSJS-000896.