Silver Fire
Active
Boundary County, Idaho · Discovered August 23, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 23 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 23 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Silver Fire
The Silver Fire fire has burned 2,593 acres in Boundary County, Idaho. Crews have reached 30% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 38). 2 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 25, 2026The Silver Fire was detected on the morning of August 23rd, after a thunderstorm the night before produced multiple lighting fires across the region. Two other lighting fires in the immediate area, Silver Dollar 2 and Middle Silver Fires, exceeded initial attack efforts and merged with the Silver Fire. The fire is burning in the subalpine zone in rocky terrain on the southeast side of Silver Dollar Peak, near Roman Nose. Initial attack included aerial water drops from heavy helicopters and the insertion firefighters to suppress the fires. The status of this fire will likely not change until a…
Read the full update on InciWebPosted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Containment rose to 30%
29 days ago · September 8, 2026New perimeter mapped at 2,594 acres (national perimeter feed)
29 days ago · September 8, 2026Containment rose to 20%
30 days ago · September 7, 2026Containment rose to 10%
31 days ago · September 6, 2026Grew 220 acres in 4 days to 2,545 acres
35 days ago · September 2, 2026Grew 559 acres in 23 hours to 2,325 acres
40 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 1,452 acres in 28 hours to 1,766 acres
40 days ago · August 27, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 30%)
41 days ago · August 27, 2026Grew 64 acres in 20 hours to 314 acres
42 days ago · August 26, 2026Grew 190 acres in 8 hours to 250 acres
42 days ago · August 25, 2026Grew 35 acres in 15 hours to 60 acres
43 days ago · August 25, 2026Official incident page published on InciWeb: Silver Fire
43 days ago · August 25, 2026Now mapped at 25 acres
43 days ago · August 25, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds
45 days ago · August 23, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/8/2026, 12:56:11 AM | 2,593 acres | 30% |
| 9/7/2026, 12:55:47 AM | 2,593 acres | 20% |
| 9/6/2026, 2:25:34 AM | 2,593 acres | 10% |
| 9/2/2026, 1:18:02 AM | 2,545 acres | 0% |
| 8/29/2026, 11:51:00 PM | 2,424 acres | 0% |
| 8/28/2026, 10:10:31 PM | 2,325 acres | 0% |
| 8/27/2026, 11:33:44 PM | 1,766 acres | 0% |
| 8/27/2026, 12:01:24 AM | 314 acres | 0% |
| 8/26/2026, 7:47:27 PM | 314 acres | - |
| 8/25/2026, 11:26:33 PM | 250 acres | - |
| 8/25/2026, 3:16:41 PM | 60 acres | - |
| 8/25/2026, 12:14:04 AM | 25 acres | - |
| 8/24/2026, 5:38:36 PM | 17 acres | - |
| 8/24/2026, 2:15:16 PM | 7.0 acres | - |
| 8/24/2026, 2:15:08 AM | 3.0 acres | - |
| 8/23/2026, 6:09:50 PM | 0.1 acres | - |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
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