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Flint

Owyhee, ID · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 6,936 acres in Owyhee before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

6,936

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 24 / 0 acresOct 17 / 6,936 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

North Fork Owyhee Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

18.4 mi

S

Pole Creek Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

26.6 mi

SE

Little Jacks Creek Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

34.8 mi

E

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds Of Prey National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / ID

42 mi

NE

Big Jacks Creek Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

43.8 mi

SE

Owyhee River Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

46 mi

S

Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

51.1 mi

N

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / ID

73.8 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

FLINT update: 6,936 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,936 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT containment moved from 88% to 90%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,936 acres, 88% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 173 acres to 6,936.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,763 acres, 88% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT containment moved from 65% to 88%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,763 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT containment moved from 35% to 65%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,763 acres, 35% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT containment moved from 17% to 35%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,763 acres, 17% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 7 acres to 6,763 and containment moved from 0% to 17%.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,756 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 259 acres to 6,756.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,497 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 497 acres to 6,497.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 6,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 2,500 acres to 6,000.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 3,500 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 2,500 acres to 3,500.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 1,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 900 acres to 1,000.

IRWIN

FLINT update: 100 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the FLINT grew 100 acres to 100.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 24Now

78 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: 3b668972-5722-43f9-864b-e2bc4e85adb9

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