Started on Aug 22, 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
- 29 miles southwest of Conner, MT
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 1 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- 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 timber with grass and understory in Idaho, the natural-caused Scimitar Fire has reached full containment after a 27-day burn. Located 29 miles southwest of Conner, Montana, on federal land managed by the USFS, the incident has stabilized with minimal, smoldering fire behavior reported under a Type 4 Incident management structure supported by a single personnel member and totaling $1,000 in costs.
The 463-acre blaze advanced at an approximate average daily growth rate of 17 acres per day during its progression. This event unfolds within a broader regional context where the typical fire season runs from June to October, and nationwide, 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 41 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Idaho for 29 days. So far it has affected roughly 463 acres — about 1.9 km². The perimeter is 100% contained.
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 3,258,477 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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