Dudley Fire (Idaho)

Active · 88% contained · 800 acres · started 2026-08-26 · updated 2026-09-04

Dudley Fire (Idaho) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire

Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.

Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).

Quick facts

Location: 5 Miles N from Wallace, ID
Cause: Natural
Personnel: 73
Complexity: Type 3 Incident
Fuel: Timber (Litter and Understory)
Behavior: Minimal, Creeping, Smoldering, Single Tree Torching
Jurisdiction: USFS · Federal land

Burning across Shoshone County, Idaho, the active Dudley Fire sits five miles north of Wallace, having steadily expanded by approximately 89 acres each day over its nine days of burning to reach 800 acres. Managed under a Type 3 Incident command by the USFS on federal land, the natural-cause fire sees 114 personnel assigned to the incident with a cost totaling $3,810,959. Current fire behavior is reported as minimal, creeping, smoldering, and featuring single tree torching within timber, litter, and understory fuels. Satellites have registered three heat detections over the last 48 hours, reflecting the current spread of the fire front as containment reaches 88 percent.

Nationwide, the broader wildfire landscape reveals that 3,172,718 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 42 percent below the two-decade average. This incident aligns within the region's typical fire season, which traditionally spans from June to October.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Idaho for 11 days. So far it has affected roughly 800 acres — about 3.2 km². About 88% of the perimeter is contained — over half is secured, though hotspots remain.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.