No longer in the daily fire updates. The Wildhorse Fire last appeared in an official report on August 30, 2026, at 107,562 acres and 95% contained. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Wildhorse Fire

Lincoln County, Idaho · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 30, 2026 (about 1 month ago)
First reported about 7 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
107,562 acres
Oct 9, 12:00 AM
+17,562 acres
was 90,000 acres · Aug 28, 2:00 PM
Containment
95%
Oct 9, 12:00 AM
+25 percent
was 70% · Aug 30, 4:00 PM
Crew size
102
Oct 9, 12:00 AM
−41
was 143 · Aug 29, 6:00 PM
Money spent
$2.6M
Oct 9, 12:00 AM
+$50,000
was $2.5M · Aug 29, 6:00 PM

Wildhorse Fire and other nearby fires

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Wildhorse Fire summary

The Wildhorse Fire is a wildfire near Lincoln County, Idaho. It has burned about 107,562 acres (about 81,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 95% of its edge; the other 5% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 7 weeks ago. About 102 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC.

Size
107,562 acres
Containment
95%
Discovered
August 24, 2026 (first reported about 7 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 30th at 10:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

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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.

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Day Night
Tonight —
45°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 3 to 17 mph WNW · 0% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry
Monday
86°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph E · 0% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry
55°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 7 to 10 mph ESE · 14% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry
Tuesday
85°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 14 mph ESE · 14% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry
53°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 10 to 14 mph ESE · 32% rain
Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 30th at 10:02 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 102 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $3 million has been spent on it so far.

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