Duncan Fire

Owyhee County, Idaho · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Jul 26, 2026 (about 1 month ago)

First reported about 6 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	16,070 acres Jul 25, 6:00 PM	16,362 acres Sep 7, 1:00 AM +292 acres was 16,070 acres · Jul 25, 6:00 PM	+292 acres in about 1 month
Containment	70% Jul 26, 7:01 PM	100% Sep 7, 1:00 AM +30 percent was 70% · Jul 26, 7:01 PM	+30 percent in about 1 month
Crew size	78 Jul 26, 7:01 PM	51 Sep 7, 1:00 AM −27 was 78 · Jul 26, 7:01 PM	−27 in about 1 month
Money spent	$2,500 Jul 25, 6:00 PM	$230,000 Sep 7, 1:00 AM +$227,500 was $2,500 · Jul 25, 6:00 PM	+$227,500 in about 1 month

Duncan Fire summary

The Duncan Fire is a wildfire near Owyhee County, Idaho. It has burned about 16,362 acres (about 12,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 6 weeks ago. About 51 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC.

Size: 16,362 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: July 24, 2026 (first reported about 6 weeks ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, July 27th at 2:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

This Afternoon

90°F · Smoke

Wind 12 mph N · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Tonight

64°F · Smoke

Wind 7 to 13 mph NW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Tuesday

88°F · Smoke

Wind 5 to 13 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tuesday Night

64°F · Smoke

Wind 10 to 14 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

88°F · Smoke

Wind 9 to 14 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, July 27th at 2:07 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 51 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $230,000 has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Duncan Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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