Ia 2 Fire, Idaho: 120 Acres, Map & Info

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	120 acres Aug 28, 12:00 PM	120 acres Aug 29, 1:00 AM	—
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Ia 2 Fire summary

The Ia 2 Fire is a wildfire near Elmore County, Idaho. It has burned about 120 acres (about 91 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size: 120 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: August 28, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, August 28th 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

82°F · Patchy Smoke

Wind 9 to 14 mph SE · 25% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Tonight

61°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Patchy Smoke

Wind 8 to 14 mph SSE · 38% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Saturday

83°F · Patchy Smoke then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 6 to 12 mph SSE · 17% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Saturday Night

53°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 6 to 18 mph WSW · 19% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

76°F · Sunny

Wind 13 to 17 mph W · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 28th at 12:04 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

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 Ia 2 Fire

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

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