Scimitar Fire
Active
Idaho County, Idaho · Discovered August 22, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 4 days ago
Scimitar Fire
The Scimitar Fire fire has burned 463 acres in Idaho County, Idaho. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 45). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Fire reported 100% contained
19 days ago · September 18, 2026Containment rose to 100%
19 days ago · September 17, 2026Grew 129 acres in 16 days to 463 acres
20 days ago · September 16, 2026New perimeter mapped at 463 acres (national perimeter feed)
22 days ago · September 14, 2026New perimeter mapped at 38 acres (national perimeter feed)
27 days ago · September 9, 2026Grew 296 acres in 4 days to 334 acres
36 days ago · August 31, 2026Now mapped at 38 acres
40 days ago · August 27, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)
44 days ago · August 23, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds
45 days ago · August 23, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/17/2026, 11:14:37 PM | 463 acres | 100% |
| 9/16/2026, 5:41:20 PM | 463 acres | 0% |
| 8/31/2026, 7:59:13 PM | 334 acres | 0% |
| 8/27/2026, 10:05:47 PM | 38 acres | 0% |
| 8/23/2026, 5:49:43 PM | 0.1 acres | 0% |
| 8/23/2026, 1:55:16 AM | 0.1 acres | - |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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