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Lake

Idaho, ID · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 161 acres in Idaho before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

161

Acres Burned

96

Days Burning

Aug 6, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 75%
Aug 6 / 0 acresAug 15 / 161 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Payette National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

10.6 mi

SE

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

15.6 mi

N

Gospel-Hump Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

26 mi

N

Hells Canyon Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / OR

40.2 mi

NW

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

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Recreation Area / OR

46.7 mi

NW

Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / ID

47.1 mi

E

Nezperce National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

49.5 mi

NE

Wallowa National Forest

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National Forest / OR

58.1 mi

W

Anadromous Spawning Area

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NCA / ID

59.6 mi

SE

Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark

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Monument / OR

61.7 mi

W

Placer & Dredge Mining Prohibition Anadromous Spawning Area

Go

NCA / ID

62.8 mi

SE

Cougar Bar Purchase Unit

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National Forest / ID

70.1 mi

NW

Situation Updates

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

Lake update: 161 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake containment moved from 40% to 75%.

IRWIN

Lake update: 161 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake was remapped 28 acres lower to 161.

IRWIN

Lake update: 189 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake containment moved from 25% to 40%.

IRWIN

Lake update: 189 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 19 acres to 189 and containment moved from 0% to 25%.

IRWIN

Lake update: 172 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 2 acres to 172.

IRWIN

Lake update: 170 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 1 acres to 170.

IRWIN

Lake Fire Area Closure 08-09-2026

Closure
Aug 9

See related links or attachments below for closure order and map.

InciWeb

Lake update: 169 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 5 acres to 169.

IRWIN

Lake update: 164 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 64 acres to 164.

IRWIN

Lake update: 100 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 41 acres to 100.

IRWIN

Lake update: 59 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 19 acres to 59.

IRWIN

Lake update: 40 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lake grew 30 acres to 40.

IRWIN

Lake mapped at 10 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Lake at 10 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 6Now

96 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: 806ed953-d02b-46e9-b1c9-af7f3bb8f3ef

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