Three Links Fire
The Three Links Fire was reported on July 24, 2026 in Idaho County, Idaho and has burned 927 acres. It is 21 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 927 acres
- Contained
- 21%
- Discovered
- July 24, 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 July 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM PDT, 928 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.150, -115.118.
The incident
- Size
- 927 acres
- Containment
- 21%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2026 at 2:57 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 Miles E from Lowell, ID
- 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
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-IDNCF-000330
- IRWIN identifier
- A4A8958D-1A03-43BF-9C5B-ACDA39A2CD96
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2026 (80 acres) to September 3, 2026 (928 acres). The largest one-day growth was 374 acres, mapped September 3, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | 80 | |
| August 6, 2026 | 300 | +220 |
| August 10, 2026 | 310 | +10 |
| August 21, 2026 | 497 | +187 |
| August 22, 2026 | 554 | +57 |
| September 3, 2026 | 928 | +374 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 2 mph from the north-northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 35%
- High of 72°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 0.3 µg/m³ around Sun, 6:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 15, 2026 at 7:24 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-IDNCF-000330.