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McPherson

Caribou, ID · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 298 acres in Caribou before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

298

Acres Burned

95

Days Burning

Aug 8, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 8 / 75 acresAug 14 / 298 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Caribou National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

19.7 mi

NE

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

33 mi

SE

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

36.6 mi

N

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Id

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

39 mi

SE

Mount Naomi Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

46.6 mi

S

Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / WY

55.7 mi

SE

Curlew National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / ID

58.4 mi

SW

Cache National Forest

Go

National Forest / UT

62.2 mi

S

Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / UT

65.9 mi

S

Fossil Butte National Monument

Go

Monument / WY

67.7 mi

SE

Bridger National Forest

Go

National Forest / WY

74.8 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

McPherson update: 298 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the McPherson containment moved from 80% to 100%.

IRWIN

McPherson update: 298 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the McPherson containment moved from 60% to 80%.

IRWIN

McPherson update: 298 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the McPherson containment moved from 40% to 60%.

IRWIN

McPherson mapped at 298 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the McPherson at 298 acres, 40% contained.

IRWIN

McPherson mapped at 225 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the McPherson at 225 acres, 15% contained.

IRWIN

McPherson mapped at 225 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the McPherson at 225 acres.

IRWIN

McPherson mapped at 75 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the McPherson at 75 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 8Now

95 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: 64dfdaa0-451b-4a76-9524-e0bfc6cd4ed1

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