No longer in the daily fire updates. The Loop Fire last appeared in an official report on August 6, at 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Loop Fire

Gooding County, Idaho · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 6, 2026 (about 2 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Now
Size
1 acres
Aug 6, 1:00 PM
+1 acres
was 0 acres · Aug 6, 11:00 AM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Loop Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Loop Fire summary

The Loop Fire is a wildfire near Gooding County, Idaho. It has burned about 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.

Size
1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 6, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, August 6th at 12:00 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.

Today

102°F · Patchy Smoke

Wind 3 to 8 mph S · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Tonight

62°F · Patchy Smoke

Wind 6 to 10 mph ENE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Friday

103°F · Patchy Smoke

Wind 5 to 8 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Friday Night

65°F · Patchy Smoke then Mostly Clear

Wind 5 to 10 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

102°F · Sunny

Wind 5 to 9 mph W · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, August 6th at 12:07 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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