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Cougar Creek

Idaho, ID · Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

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0

Acres Burned

48

Days Burning

Aug 18, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 18 / 0 acresOct 5 / 0 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Gospel-Hump Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

13 mi

NW

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / ID

13.6 mi

W

Payette National Forest

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National Forest / ID

24.5 mi

S

Nezperce National Forest

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National Forest / ID

29.8 mi

N

Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

39.8 mi

SE

Hells Canyon Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / OR

50.6 mi

W

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / OR

57.2 mi

W

Anadromous Spawning Area

Go

NCA / ID

59.4 mi

SE

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

60.4 mi

NE

Wallowa National Forest

Go

National Forest / OR

69.4 mi

W

Cougar Bar Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / ID

71.9 mi

NW

Salmon National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

73.3 mi

E

Timeline

Aug 18Now

48 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: f0449be0-597d-4f91-b7ca-e095a3ec9190

Important

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