2026 Idaho County, Idaho Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Idaho County
Largest wildfires in Idaho County this season
All 2026 Idaho County Fires · 13 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Idaho County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Idaho County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Idaho County is listed too, at its Idaho County acres, and is not added to the Idaho County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Idaho County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selway Wilderness Fires | Jul 23, 2026 | 50% | Inactive | 7,475 | 46.0960, -115.1350 | — |
| Cascade Fire | Jul 17, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 7,475 | 46.1028, -115.1110 | 46.0978, -115.1349 |
| Grotto Fire | Jul 29, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 3,856 | 46.2732, -115.0686 | 45.2403, -115.0835 |
| Wolf Creek Fire | Jul 17, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 2,643 | 46.0813, -115.1069 | 46.0956, -115.1353 |
| Three Links Fire | Jul 24, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 927 | 46.1526, -115.1135 | 46.1498, -115.1177 |
| Little Weitas | Aug 18, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 650 | 46.4870, -115.3980 | — |
| Shingle Creek Fire | Jun 21, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 628 | 45.3534, -116.4131 | 45.3553, -116.3900 |
| Scimitar Fire | Aug 22, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 463 | 45.7208, -114.6424 | 45.7196, -114.6516 |
| Cooper Fire | Aug 25, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 354 | 45.8523, -114.5651 | 45.8495, -114.5689 |
| Lake Fire | Aug 6, 2026 | 75% | Inactive | 161 | 45.2147, -115.9009 | 45.5139, -115.5460 |
| Houston Fire | Jul 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 36 | 45.3583, -115.7349 | 45.3562, -115.7363 |
| Sliver Fire | Aug 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 11 | 45.2150, -115.0508 | 45.2468, -115.1122 |
| Grizzly Fire | Jul 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 8 | 45.4026, -115.4542 | 45.4122, -115.4570 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 13 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 24,687 |
Land cover · Idaho County 2026
Burned acres in Idaho County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Idaho County 2026
Burned forest acres in Idaho County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Idaho County 2026
Burned acres in Idaho County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.