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Scimitar

Idaho, ID · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 463 acres in Idaho before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

463

Acres Burned

80

Days Burning

Aug 22, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 23 / 0 acresSep 24 / 463 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

28.6 mi

N

Bitterroot National Forest

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National Forest / MT

31.8 mi

NE

Nezperce National Forest

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National Forest / ID

38.3 mi

W

Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

47.1 mi

S

Salmon National Forest

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National Forest / ID

47.5 mi

SE

Gospel-Hump Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

55 mi

W

Anaconda Pintler Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

59.1 mi

E

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / ID

62.6 mi

W

Clearwater National Forest

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National Forest / ID

63.2 mi

NW

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

64.6 mi

NE

Payette National Forest

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National Forest / ID

69.1 mi

SW

Anadromous Spawning Area

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NCA / ID

69.1 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Scimitar update: 463 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the Scimitar containment moved from 0% to 100%.

IRWIN

Scimitar update: 463 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the Scimitar grew 129 acres to 463.

IRWIN

Scimitar update: 334 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Scimitar grew 296 acres to 334.

IRWIN

Scimitar update: 38 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Scimitar grew 38 acres to 38.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 22Now

80 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: a2fe7346-8811-49d3-aed7-4b9480b96445

Important

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