Scimitar Fire
The Scimitar Fire was reported on August 22, 2026 in Idaho County, Idaho and burned 463 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 463 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2026
- 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 August 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM MDT, 463 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 45.713, -114.649.
The incident
- Size
- 463 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 29 Miles SW from Conner, MT
- County
- Idaho County
- State
- Idaho
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTBRF-000333
- IRWIN identifier
- A2FE7346-8811-49D3-AED7-4B9480B96445
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 27, 2026 (38 acres) to September 14, 2026 (463 acres). The largest one-day growth was 425 acres, mapped September 14, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2026 | 38 | |
| August 29, 2026 | 38 | 0 |
| September 14, 2026 | 463 | +425 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the north
- Relative humidity as low as 34%
- High of 68°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 0.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 6:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Darby, MT31 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT44 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Salmon, ID52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Grangeville, ID72 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kamiah, ID75 miles northwest 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 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTBRF-000333.