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Crooked

Boise, ID · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 10,081 acres in Boise before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

10,081

Acres Burned

84

Days Burning

Aug 18, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 19 / 1 acresSep 21 / 10,081 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Boise National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

17.7 mi

N

Sawtooth Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

26 mi

NE

Placer & Dredge Mining Prohibition Anadromous Spawning Area

Go

NCA / ID

36.8 mi

N

Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / ID

38.4 mi

E

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

48.7 mi

NE

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

48.7 mi

NE

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

52.5 mi

E

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / ID

55.3 mi

SW

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

62.4 mi

W

Jim Mcclure-Jerry Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

63.7 mi

E

Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

64.9 mi

E

Anadromous Spawning Area

Go

NCA / ID

68.6 mi

NE

Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Crooked Fire Closure Update 09-18-2026

Closure
Sep 19

The Boise National Forest updated the Forest Closure Notice on September 19, 2026. The closure order and map can be found at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/alerts/updated-sept-19-crooked-fire-area-road-and-trail-closure .

InciWeb

CROOKED update: 10,081 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 98% to 100%.

IRWIN

CROOKED update: 10,081 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 97% to 98%.

IRWIN

CROOKED update: 10,081 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 95% to 97%.

IRWIN

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet Sept. 16-17 - FINAL UPDATE 09-16-2026

Incident team
Sep 16

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet September 16-17, 2026 FINAL UPDATE Contact Fire Information: Phone: 208-264-4469 Email: 2026.crooked@firenet.gov InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-crooked Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest Fire Statistics: Start Date: August 18, 2026 Cause: Human caused, under investigation Size: 10,081 acres Containment: 95% Location: 14 ...

InciWeb

CROOKED update: 10,081 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 93% to 95%.

IRWIN

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet 09-14-2026

Incident team
Sep 14

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet September 14-15, 2026 Contact Fire Information: Phone: 208-264-4469 Email: 2026.crooked@firenet.gov InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-crooked Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest Fire Statistics: Resources Assigned: Start Date: August 18, 2026 Total Personnel: 231 Cause: Human caused, under investigation Crews: 4 Size: 10,081...

InciWeb

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet 09-14-2026

Incident team
Sep 14

Crooked Fire Fact SheetSeptember 14-15, 2026Contact Fire Information: Phone: 208-264-4469 Email: 2026.crooked@firenet.govInciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-crookedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest Fire Statistics:

InciWeb

CROOKED update: 10,081 acres, 93% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED was remapped 3 acres lower to 10,081 and containment moved from 92% to 93%.

IRWIN

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet 09-12-2026

Incident team
Sep 12

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet September 12-13, 2026 Contact Fire Information : Phone: 208-264-4469 Email: 2026.crooked@firenet.gov InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-crooked Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest Fire Statistics: Start Date: August 18, 2026 Cause: Human caused, under investigation Size: 10,081 acres Containment: 93% Location: 14 miles east ...

InciWeb

CROOKED update: 10,084 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 88% to 92%.

IRWIN

CROOKED update: 10,084 acres, 88% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 71% to 88%.

IRWIN

Fact Sheet 09-10-2026

Incident team
Sep 10

Crooked Fire Fact Sheet September 10-11, 2026 Contact Fire Information: Phone: 208-264-4469 Email: 2026.crooked@firenet.gov InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/idbof-crooked Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest Fire Statistics: Start Date: 08/18/2026 Cause: Human caused, under investigation Size: 10,084 acres Containment: 71% Location: 14 miles east of Idah...

InciWeb

CROOKED update: 10,084 acres, 71% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the CROOKED containment moved from 68% to 71%.

IRWIN

Crooked Fire Daily Update 09-09-2026

Incident team
Sep 9

Fire Statistics: Start Date: August 18, 2026 Cause: Under Investigation - Human Caused Size:10,084 acres Containment: 68% Location: 14 miles east of Idaho City, ID Resources Assigned: Total Personnel: 532 Crews: 12 Helicopters: 7 Engines: 16 Heavy Equipment: 15 Current Situation: This will be the last daily update unless fire activity increases. A fact sheet will be released every other day, begin...

InciWeb

Timeline

Aug 18Now

84 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: 25dce742-0e0f-40e9-b7c7-9952fd1299a5

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