Ohio Fire (Idaho)
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Fire (SWIR)
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 E from Hailey, ID
- Personnel
- 116
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Behavior
- Active, Uphill Runs, Wind Driven Runs
- Jurisdiction
- DL · State land
Propelled by wind and uphill terrain, the Ohio Fire has consumed 1,000 acres of tall grass just five miles east of Hailey, Idaho. Since igniting on July 18, the blaze has maintained active behavior, with satellite sensors detecting a single heat signature over the last 48 hours indicating the fire's current footprint within Blaine County.
A Type 3 incident management team is overseeing 116 personnel as they work to secure the perimeter, which is currently 25 percent contained. The state-managed operation has incurred $300,000 in costs while battling the wind-driven runs across the landscape.
In context
This wildfire burned in Idaho for 24 days. In total it burned about 1,000 acres — around 4.0 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 3,169,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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