2026 Fire Information
The 2026 fire season began on the Sawtooth National Forest with the Summit Creek Fire May 25, 2026.
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
- Active: Resources are actively working the fire.
- 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. 20, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 13 miles northeast of Smiley Creek
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 19, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 23 miles northwest of Fairfield
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 17, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 9 miles east of Ketchum
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 10, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 9 Miles southeast of Featherville
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: 161 acres
- Status: Contained
- Started: Sep. 9, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 15 miles northeast of Featherville
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 9, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 20 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Sep. 6, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 15 miles west of Rogerson
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 2, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 15 miles west of Rogerson
- Cause: Human
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Sep. 2, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 9 miles southwest of Stanley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Contained
- Started: Aug. 31, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 20 miles west of Fairfield
- Cause: Undetermined
- Size: 2.5 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 26, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 20 miles west of Fairfield
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .6 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 24, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 18 miles northwest of Fairfield
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 27 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 24, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 15 miles south of Kimberly
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 46 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 23, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 5 miles southeast of Stanley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 4.7 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 23, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 8 miles northeast of Featherville
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .5 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 22, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 19 miles northeast of Bellevue
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Contained
- Started: Aug. 22, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 21 miles northeast of Bellevue
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 22, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 2 miles west of Ketchum
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: Aug. 14, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 2 miles east of Murdock Creek
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: Aug. 3, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Forest, 14 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: July 29, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 27 miles south of Hansen
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .3 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 24, 2026
- Location: Ketchum Ranger District, 10 miles northeast of Ketchum
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .11 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 24, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 9 miles northwest of Atlanta
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 18, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 5 miles southwest of Albion
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 9 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 12, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 20 miles south of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: 7 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 11, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 12 miles south of Murtaugh
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: July 8, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 16 miles south of Oakley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .25 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: July 3, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 10 miles north of Fairfield
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Status: Out
- Started: June 25, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 7 miles southeast of Yost
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Controlled
- Started: June 20, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 4 miles southeast of Yost
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: June 18, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 6 miles south of Magic Mountain Ski Resort
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acres
- Status: Out
- Started: June 6, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 20 miles north of Fairfield
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Status: Controlled
- Started: June 3, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 19 miles northwest of Fairfield
- Cause: Lighning
- Size: .1 acre
- Status: Controlled
- Started: May 27, 2026
- Location: Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 5 miles northwest of Stanley
- Cause: Human-caused
- Size: .1 acre
- Status: Out
- Started: May 27, 2026
- Location: Fairfield Ranger District, 7 miles southeast of Featherville
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: .1 acre
- Status: Controlled
- Started: May 25, 2026
- Location: Minidoka Ranger District, 11 miles southeast of Oakley
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 1,887 acres
- Status: Contained