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Elk Mountain

Clearwater, ID · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 2 acres in Clearwater before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

2

Acres Burned

100

Days Burning

Aug 3, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 3 / 2 acresAug 11 / 2 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

Clearwater National Forest

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21.3 mi

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St. Joe National Forest

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Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

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Nezperce National Forest

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Lolo National Forest

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Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

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Aerial Fire Depot Other

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Gospel-Hump Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

74.1 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Elk Mountain mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 3

Interagency perimeter data shows the Elk Mountain at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 3Now

100 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: bb85d4ae-197d-4356-baaa-e9e73a6cae21

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