Wolf Creek Fire

No longer in current feed

Idaho County, Idaho · Discovered July 17, 2026

2,643 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
1
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 32 days ago

Current situation

Wolf Creek Fire

Inactive
Air quality · Good
AQI 34

The Wolf Creek Fire fire has burned 2,643 acres in Idaho 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 34). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Wolf Creek Fire size over time

7 official size readings

Grew from 260 to 2,643 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

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

  1. Containment rose to 100%

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026
  2. Fire reported 100% contained

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026
  3. Containment rose to 70%

    49 days ago · September 22, 2026
  4. Containment rose to 50%

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026
  5. New perimeter mapped at 2,643 acres (national perimeter feed)

    63 days ago · September 8, 2026
  6. Grew 1,430 acres in 6 days to 2,280 acres

    75 days ago · August 27, 2026
  7. New perimeter mapped at 666 acres (national perimeter feed)

    75 days ago · August 27, 2026
  8. Containment rose to 25%

    81 days ago · August 21, 2026
  9. Grew 590 acres in 10 days to 850 acres

    81 days ago · August 21, 2026
  10. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 260 acres

    91 days ago · August 11, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/9/2026, 7:32:01 PM2,643 acres100%
9/22/2026, 2:41:22 PM2,643 acres70%
9/15/2026, 2:36:04 PM2,643 acres50%
9/8/2026, 4:21:28 PM2,643 acres25%
8/27/2026, 5:29:31 PM2,280 acres25%
8/21/2026, 3:29:03 PM850 acres25%
8/11/2026, 2:04:22 PM260 acres20%

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.