No longer in the daily fire updates. The Iron Bog Fire last appeared in an official report on August 12, at under 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 →

Iron Bog Fire

Custer County, Idaho · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 12, 2026 (about 1 hour ago)
First reported yesterday
Metric Now
Size
0 acres
Aug 12, 8:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Iron Bog Fire and other nearby fires

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Iron Bog Fire summary

The Iron Bog Fire is a wildfire near Custer County, Idaho. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 12, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, August 12th at 7:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

⚠️ Red Flag Warning in effect. The National Weather Service has flagged conditions here — usually wind plus dry air — that can make fires spread fast. This is the official warning that fire danger is high 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.

Tonight

46°F · Mostly Cloudy

Wind 6 to 16 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Thursday

59°F · Slight Chance Light Rain then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 6 to 15 mph SW · 38% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Thursday Night

40°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Light Rain Likely

Wind 3 to 8 mph WNW · 62% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Friday

56°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 10 mph WSW · 82% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Friday Night

39°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Light Rain

Wind 5 to 10 mph NW · 50% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, August 12th at 7:12 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.

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