Started on Aug 18, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 15 miles east of IDAHO CITY, ID
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 53 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- Minimal, Short-range SpottingSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across the timbered terrain and understory of Boise County, Idaho, the human-caused Crooked Fire has reached full containment after a 31-day burn period, maintaining an approximate average daily growth of 325 acres per day throughout its campaign. Located 15 miles east of Idaho City, the 10,081-acre federal incident is currently exhibiting minimal, smoldering, creeping, and short-range spotting behavior as suppression efforts wrap up.
Management of the Type 3 incident fell under a Type 3 Team and the USFS, with 53 personnel deployed to the federal land holding to secure the perimeter. Operations accumulated a total cost of $26,180,000 by the time the fire was declared 100 percent contained.
This event unfolded within the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 3,247,057 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 41% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Idaho for 34 days. In total it burned about 10,081 acres — around 41 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,321,900 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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