Caribou County, Idaho · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
75 acres Aug 7, 9:00 PM
|
225 acres
Aug 7, 10:00 PM
+150 acres
was 75 acres · Aug 7, 9:00 PM
|
+150 acres
in about 1 hour
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The McPherson Fire is a wildfire near Caribou County, Idaho. It has burned about 225 acres (about 170 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, August 7th at 10:00 p.m. CDT.
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.
Tonight
65°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 13 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Saturday
90°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 3 to 13 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Saturday Night
66°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
89°F · Sunny
Wind 3 to 13 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
65°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 6 to 13 mph SSW · 1% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 7th at 10:04 p.m. CDT.
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.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:
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