Flint Fire

No longer in current feed

Owyhee County, Idaho · Discovered August 24, 2026

6,936 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
53
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 13 days ago

Current situation

Flint Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 47

The Flint Fire fire has burned 6,936 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have fully contained the fire. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 47). 53 personnel are assigned to the incident.

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Flint Fire size over time

18 official size readings

Grew from 0 to 6,936 acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

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  1. Fire reported 100% contained

    57 days ago · September 14, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 100%

    59 days ago · September 12, 2026
  3. Grew 180 acres in 5 days to 6,936 acres

    70 days ago · September 1, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 88%

    71 days ago · August 31, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 65%

    72 days ago · August 30, 2026
  6. Containment rose to 35%

    73 days ago · August 29, 2026
  7. Containment rose to 17%

    74 days ago · August 29, 2026
  8. Grew 259 acres in 47 hours to 6,756 acres

    75 days ago · August 27, 2026
  9. Grew 497 acres in 11 hours to 6,497 acres

    77 days ago · August 26, 2026
  10. Grew 5,000 acres in 13 hours to 6,000 acres

    77 days ago · August 25, 2026
  11. Grew 250 acres in about an hour to 1,000 acres

    78 days ago · August 25, 2026
  12. Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)

    78 days ago · August 25, 2026
  13. Grew 650 acres in 2 hours to 750 acres

    78 days ago · August 25, 2026
  14. Now mapped at 100 acres

    78 days ago · August 24, 2026
  15. Fire first listed in official incident feeds

    78 days ago · August 24, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
9/14/2026, 4:31:01 PM6,936 acres100%
9/12/2026, 11:11:50 PM6,936 acres100%
9/2/2026, 10:00:44 PM6,936 acres90%
9/1/2026, 9:59:14 PM6,936 acres88%
8/31/2026, 10:13:19 PM6,763 acres88%
8/30/2026, 10:59:01 PM6,763 acres65%
8/29/2026, 11:51:00 PM6,763 acres35%
8/29/2026, 12:03:47 AM6,763 acres17%
8/27/2026, 11:53:46 PM6,756 acres0%
8/26/2026, 1:21:45 AM6,497 acres0%
8/25/2026, 2:09:32 PM6,000 acres0%
8/25/2026, 2:34:17 AM3,500 acres0%
8/25/2026, 1:39:16 AM1,000 acres0%
8/25/2026, 1:09:07 AM750 acres0%
8/25/2026, 12:54:05 AM1,000 acres-
8/25/2026, 12:14:04 AM750 acres-
8/24/2026, 10:34:16 PM100 acres-
8/24/2026, 9:54:00 PM0.1 acres-

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.