Silver Fire

Perimeter mapped September 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM PDT, 2,594 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.629, -116.660.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Bonners Ferry

Size

2,593 acres

Containment

30%

Discovered

August 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM PDT

Cause

Natural

Location

25 Miles NW from SANDPOINT, ID

County

Boundary County

State

Idaho

Nearest city reported

SANDPOINT

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

3

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Closed Timber Litter

Estimated cost to date

$3,700,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-IDIPF-000697

IRWIN identifier

68A6E77D-AC4A-4E0B-A7FB-2CB72D7ED142

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 27, 2026 (1,766 acres) to September 5, 2026 (2,594 acres). The largest one-day growth was 559 acres, mapped August 28, 2026.

• Wind up to 6 mph from the southwest
• Relative humidity as low as 45%
• High of 61°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Bonners Ferry, ID

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.

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 0.3 µg/m³ around Mon, 5:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

Posted on InciWeb, updated September 18, 2026.

The Silver Fire was detected on the morning of August 23rd, after a thunderstorm the night before produced multiple lighting fires across the region. Two other lighting fires in the immediate area, Silver Dollar 2 and Middle Silver Fires, exceeded initial attack efforts and merged with the Silver Fire. The fire is burning in the subalpine zone in rocky terrain on the southeast side of Silver Dollar Peak, near Roman Nose. Initial attack included aerial water drops from heavy helicopters and the insertion firefighters to suppress the fires.

Original at InciWeb

• Bonners Ferry, ID16 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Ponderay, ID23 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Sandpoint, ID25 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Priest River, ID33 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Newport, WA36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Spirit Lake, ID47 miles south of the fire’s origin