Crooked Fire

Active

Boise County, Idaho · Discovered August 18, 2026

10,081 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
53
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 11 hours ago

Current situation

Crooked Fire

Fully contained
Wind
6 mph E
Air quality · Good
AQI 35

The Crooked Fire fire has burned 10,081 acres in Boise County, Idaho. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 6 mph toward the E, with gusts to 9 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 35). 53 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Latest official update

August 22, 2026

Crews have been engaged in a full-suppression strategy, directly attacking the fire where conditions allow while maintaining public and firefighter safety as the highest priority. Fire activity has diminished significantly, so crews are transitioning to a suppression repair posture. The fire burned in steep, rocky and heavily forested terrain, where rolling debris and rocks, along with falling hazard trees, have been a challenge for firefighters.A Closure Order has been put into place to protect public safety and give firefighters room to work. The Closure Order and Map can be found on the…

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Fire reported 100% contained

    15 days ago · September 21, 2026

  2. Containment rose to 98%

    19 days ago · September 17, 2026

  3. Containment rose to 93%

    24 days ago · September 12, 2026

  4. New perimeter mapped at 10,081 acres (national perimeter feed)

    24 days ago · September 12, 2026

  5. Containment rose to 88%

    26 days ago · September 10, 2026

  6. Containment rose to 68%

    28 days ago · September 8, 2026

  7. Containment rose to 60%

    30 days ago · September 7, 2026

  8. Grew 162 acres in 3 days to 10,118 acres

    30 days ago · September 7, 2026

  9. Containment rose to 37%

    31 days ago · September 5, 2026

  10. Containment rose to 27%

    33 days ago · September 3, 2026

  11. Grew 236 acres in 23 hours to 9,956 acres

    33 days ago · September 3, 2026

  12. Grew 666 acres in 25 hours to 9,720 acres

    34 days ago · September 3, 2026

  13. Grew 450 acres in 23 hours to 9,054 acres

    35 days ago · September 1, 2026

  14. Grew 171 acres in 28 hours to 8,604 acres

    36 days ago · August 31, 2026

  15. Containment rose to 21%

    37 days ago · August 30, 2026

  16. Grew 1,003 acres in 24 hours to 8,433 acres

    37 days ago · August 30, 2026

  17. Grew 1,106 acres in 21 hours to 7,430 acres

    38 days ago · August 29, 2026

  18. Containment rose to 14%

    39 days ago · August 28, 2026

  19. Grew 521 acres in 26 hours to 6,324 acres

    39 days ago · August 28, 2026

  20. Containment rose to 5%

    40 days ago · August 27, 2026

  21. Grew 876 acres in 23 hours to 5,803 acres

    40 days ago · August 27, 2026

  22. Grew 1,763 acres in 24 hours to 4,927 acres

    41 days ago · August 26, 2026

  23. Grew 1,233 acres in 23 hours to 3,164 acres

    42 days ago · August 25, 2026

  24. Grew 401 acres in 24 hours to 1,931 acres

    43 days ago · August 24, 2026

  25. Grew 492 acres in 2 days to 1,530 acres

    44 days ago · August 23, 2026

  26. Official incident page published on InciWeb: Crooked

    46 days ago · August 22, 2026

  27. Grew 288 acres in 2 hours to 1,038 acres

    46 days ago · August 21, 2026

  28. Mapped size revised down to 750 acres (from 1,000)

    46 days ago · August 21, 2026

  29. Grew 750 acres in 18 hours to 1,000 acres

    46 days ago · August 21, 2026

  30. Grew 100 acres in 4 hours to 250 acres

    47 days ago · August 20, 2026

  31. Grew 75 acres in 18 hours to 150 acres

    47 days ago · August 20, 2026

  32. Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)

    47 days ago · August 20, 2026

  33. Grew 35 acres in 6 hours to 75 acres

    48 days ago · August 19, 2026

  34. Now mapped at 40 acres

    48 days ago · August 19, 2026

  35. Fire first listed in official incident feeds

    49 days ago · August 19, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/18/2026, 10:29:23 PM10,081 acres100%
9/17/2026, 11:54:37 PM10,081 acres98%
9/16/2026, 11:26:42 PM10,081 acres97%
9/15/2026, 11:26:20 PM10,081 acres95%
9/12/2026, 11:01:53 PM10,081 acres93%
9/12/2026, 12:32:25 AM10,084 acres92%
9/10/2026, 11:07:16 PM10,084 acres88%
9/9/2026, 11:36:31 PM10,084 acres71%
9/8/2026, 11:11:27 PM10,084 acres68%
9/7/2026, 1:55:47 AM10,118 acres60%
9/5/2026, 11:07:45 PM10,006 acres37%
9/4/2026, 10:09:00 PM10,006 acres30%
9/3/2026, 10:39:20 PM9,956 acres27%
9/3/2026, 12:05:04 AM9,720 acres25%
9/1/2026, 10:54:30 PM9,054 acres21%
8/31/2026, 11:41:59 PM8,604 acres21%
8/30/2026, 7:53:46 PM8,433 acres21%
8/29/2026, 8:17:27 PM7,430 acres12%
8/28/2026, 11:16:41 PM6,324 acres14%
8/27/2026, 9:29:55 PM5,803 acres5%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

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