2025 Fire Information
The 2025 fire season began on the Sawtooth National Forest with the Cross Creek Fire April 26, 2025.
Unless otherwise noted, fires are listed in reverse date order so that the most current incidents are listed first.
Definitions
We use the following definitions when referring to cause:
- Undetermined: Fire investigators have not yet confirmed the cause of the fire.
- Lightning: Fire investigators have determined that lightning from a storm cell started the fire.
- Human-caused: Fire investigators have determined that, whether intentional or not, the fire was started by a person.
We use the following definitions to denote fire status:
- Initial Attack: The fire has been reported and crews are responding
- Contained: The fire is contained within a specific area, but it is not controlled or extinguished.
- Controlled: Firefighters have removed any unburnt fuel and cooled down all hot spots adjacent to control lines to the point that they can reasonably be expected to hold.
- Out: A fire is considered “out” when no hot spots are detected within containment lines for at least 48 hours.
- Burned Area Emergency Response: Emergency stabilization takes place to prevent further damage to life, property or natural resources on Forest Service lands. This work begins before the fire is out and may continue for up to a year. Longer-term rehabilitation efforts begin after the fire is out and continue for several years. Rehabilitation focuses on the lands unlikely to recover naturally from wildland fire damage.
Named Incidents This Season
- Started: Sep. 30, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 22 miles north of Minidoka
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Sep. 28, 2025
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 6 miles north of Ketchum
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: 512 acres
- Started: Sep. 24, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 2 miles east of Stanley
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: 2 acres
- Started: Sep. 21, 2025
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 16 miles northwest of Fairfield
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Sep. 2, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 6 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Started: Aug. 25, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 3 miles north of Smiley Creek
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Started: Aug. 20, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 5 miles east of Strevell
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 5.4 acres
- Started: Aug. 18, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, near Pothole area on the Albion Division
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Aug. 18, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, less than 1 mile from Mount Harrison
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 1 acre
- Started: Aug. 18, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, near Greylock Mountain
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Aug. 15, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 17 miles south of Stanley near Alturas Lake
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Aug. 3, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 3 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: Aug. 3, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 3 miles southeast of Stanley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .08 acre
- Started: Aug. 2, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 15 miles southeast of Malta
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 31, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 2 miles east of Stanley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .8 acre
- Started: July 30, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 12 miles southwest of Stanley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 28, 2025
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 18 miles northwest of Fairfield
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .25 acre
- Started: July 28, 2025
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 7 miles northwest of Ketchum
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 3.5 acres
- Started: July 25, 2025
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 6 miles north of Ketchum
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 24, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 11 miles southwest of Oakley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 24, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 15 miles southwest of Oakley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .2 acre
- Started: July 21, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, four miles southeast of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 21, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, five miles southeast of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 17, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 10 miles southwest of Oakley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 12, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, five miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 10, 2025
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, two miles north of Ketchum
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: July 4, 2025
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, six miles east of Fleck Summit
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: June 21, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, Third Fork Campground
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: June 20, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 20 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: June 17, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, five miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: June 11, 2025
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, four miles north of Smiley Creek
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: June 11, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 12 miles west of Marta
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .25 acre
- Started: June 10, 2025
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 10 miles north of Fairfield
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: 1.6 acres
- Started: June 6, 2025
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, five miles north of Fleck Summit
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Started: April 26, 2025
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, three miles southwest of Elba
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: 9 acres