Fraser Fire (ID)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 10 Miles W from MOUNTAIN HOME, ID
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 24
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Active, Flanking, Backing
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning across 300 acres of federal land ten miles west of Mountain Home in Elmore County, Idaho, the active Fraser Fire has reached 25 percent containment since igniting on August 22, 2026. Managed by a Type 4 Incident Command under the Bureau of Land Management with a personnel of 24, the natural-cause blaze is currently exhibiting active, flanking, and backing behavior through short grass fuels standing one foot tall. Suppression efforts for this Type 4 Incident have accumulated costs totaling $25,000.
The regional fire activity occurs against a backdrop of a typical Idaho fire season spanning from June to October. Nationally, the broader wildfire context shows that 2,982,133 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 46 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Idaho for 1 day. In total it burned about 3,000 acres — around 12 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 2,982,133 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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