Started on Aug 24, 2026.
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now
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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
Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
Quick facts
- Location
- 10 miles north of Kimama, ID
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 143 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- How it's behaving
- Minimal, Short-range SpottingRunning — Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · 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.
Growing at an average rate of 26,891 acres per day over the past four days, the active Wildhorse Fire has consumed 107,562 acres of federal land in Elmore County, Idaho. Located 10 miles north of Kimama, the Type 3 Incident is currently 21 percent contained and fueled by 2.5-foot tall grass. Fire behavior is characterized as minimal, running, and featuring short-range spotting, while satellites detect a single heat signature nearby over the past 48 hours.
A total of 143 personnel under a Type 3 IC management and BLM agency oversight are assigned to the natural-cause fire, which has accumulated costs of $2,500,000 since it started on August 24, 2026. This incident occurs during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 3,126,257 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 43 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Idaho for 5 days. In total it burned about 107,562 acres — around 435 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 3,368,499 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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