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Wildfires in Owyhee

Owyhee, United States, has had 52 fires with an official perimeter since 2016: 203,822 hectares burned inside the county, 10% of its area. Fire danger today: moderate (FWI 12).

Only fires of 400 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out one page with faulty data, under review. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Wed 4 Low 13° · 49 % · 24 km/h
  2. Thu 5 Moderate 12° · 46 % · 29 km/h
  3. Fri 6 Moderate 14° · 41 % · 23 km/h
  4. Sat 7 Moderate 17° · 31 % · 34 km/h
  5. Sun 8 Moderate 16° · 35 % · 24 km/h
  6. Mon 9 Moderate 18° · 33 % · 21 km/h
  7. Tue 10 Moderate 20° · 29 % · 24 km/h
  8. Wed 11 High 21° · 24 % · 28 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Owyhee: hourly forecast

The county and its fires

Since 2016

203,822
hectares burned
10 %
of the county
52
fires
19,866
km²

How many times has Owyhee burned?

Owyhee has burned 52 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Flint Fire, August 2026, with 2,798 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 1× 16
  2. 10× 17
  3. 8× 18
  4. 4× 19
  5. 4× 20
  6. 3× 21
  7.   22
  8. 1× 23
  9. 9× 24
  10. 5× 25
  11. 7× 26
52
fires
10
years with fire
203,822
cumulative ha
24 Aug 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 400 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in United States

Fires that entered Owyhee

  1. 2,798 ha Flint Fire, August 2026 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,807 ha in total · 3 days
  2. 1,895 ha Scorp Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,882 ha in total · 3 days
  3. 6,598 ha Duncan Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.3% of the county · 6,622 ha in total · 1 day
  4. 311,128 ha Big Grass Fire, July 2026 where it started 16% of the county · 233,887 ha in total · 13 days
  5. 496 ha Mary Fire, June 2026 where it started 0.0% of the county · 501 ha in total · 1 day
  6. 5,764 ha Blue Ridge Fire, June 2026 where it started 0.3% of the county · 5,774 ha in total · 1 day
  7. 626 ha Kinyon Springs Fire, May 2026 where it started 0.0% of the county · 627 ha in total · 1 day
  8. 3,351 ha Sailor Cap Fire, May 2026 where it started 0.2% of the county · 3,356 ha in total · 1 day
  9. 1,740 ha Box Fire, August 2025 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,747 ha in total · 8 days
  10. 2,354 ha Striker Fire, July 2025 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,344 ha in total · 1 day
  11. 8,807 ha Blackstone Fire, July 2025 where it started 0.4% of the county · 8,861 ha in total · 1 day
  12. 685 ha Tindall Fire, July 2025 where it started 0.0% of the county · 687 ha in total · 2 days
  13. 1,045 ha Twin Butte Fire, May 2025 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,052 ha in total · 1 day
  14. 2,351 ha Rosie Fire, September 2024 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,355 ha in total · 8 days
  15. 6,304 ha Table Fire, September 2024 where it started 0.3% of the county · 6,343 ha in total · 2 days
  16. 520 ha Oreana Fire, August 2024 where it started 0.0% of the county · 528 ha in total · 1 day
  17. 7,417 ha Jump Fire, August 2024 where it started 0.4% of the county · 10,612 ha in total · 2 days
  18. 1,000 ha Dove Fire, July 2024 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,356 ha in total · 1 day
  19. 5,548 ha Sugar Fire, July 2024 where it started 0.3% of the county · 5,562 ha in total · 1 day
  20. 2,553 ha Mary Fire, July 2024 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,584 ha in total · 2 days
  21. 3,881 ha Coonskin Fire, June 2024 where it started 0.2% of the county · 5,296 ha in total · 1 day
  22. 2,151 ha Soldier Fire, June 2024 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,153 ha in total · 1 day
  23. 143 ha Grindstone Fire, May 2023 0.0% of the county · 1,284 ha in total · 1 day
  24. 933 ha Bruneau Fire, August 2021 where it started 0.0% of the county · 934 ha in total · 1 day
  25. 547 ha Clover Creek Fire, August 2021 where it started 0.0% of the county · 553 ha in total · 1 day
  26. 939 ha Inside Lakes Fire, July 2021 where it started 0.0% of the county · 953 ha in total · 1 day
  27. 1,104 ha Jordan Fire, October 2020 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,110 ha in total · 1 day
  28. 2,251 ha Juniper Butte Fire, August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,267 ha in total · 1 day
  29. 759 ha Antelope Fire, July 2020 where it started 0.0% of the county · 769 ha in total · 1 day
  30. 968 ha Browns Fire, May 2020 where it started 0.0% of the county · 969 ha in total · 1 day
  31. 27,364 ha Pot Hole Fire, August 2019 where it started 1.4% of the county · 27,439 ha in total · 2 days
  32. 4,242 ha Lookout Point Fire, July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the county · 4,272 ha in total · 3 days
  33. 4,451 ha Hot Spring Fire, July 2019 where it started 0.2% of the county · 4,488 ha in total · 2 days
  34. 528 ha Clover Fire, July 2019 where it started 0.0% of the county · 531 ha in total · 1 day
  35. 446 ha Loveridge Fire, September 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 453 ha in total · 1 day
  36. 3,754 ha Pot Hole Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.2% of the county · 3,744 ha in total · 2 days
  37. 35,104 ha Bruneau Fire, July 2018 where it started 1.8% of the county · 35,464 ha in total · 3 days
  38. 991 ha Otter Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 999 ha in total · 2 days
  39. 1,366 ha East White Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,374 ha in total · 1 day
  40. 3,884 ha Garat Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the county · 3,917 ha in total · 2 days
  41. 1,565 ha West Duck Fire, July 2018 0.1% of the county · 4,525 ha in total · 2 days
  42. 11,765 ha Winter Camp Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.6% of the county · 11,846 ha in total · 2 days
  43. 0 ha Mustang Fire, September 2017 0.0% of the county · 540 ha in total · 1 day
  44. 457 ha Owyhee Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 463 ha in total · 1 day
  45. 227 ha Diamond A Fire, August 2017 0.0% of the county · 2,689 ha in total · 2 days
  46. 3,802 ha Grassy Hills Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the county · 3,840 ha in total · 3 days
  47. 1,216 ha Duncan Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,221 ha in total · 1 day
  48. 1,117 ha Juni Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,140 ha in total · 1 day
  49. 16,040 ha Loveridge Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.8% of the county · 16,030 ha in total · 4 days
  50. 792 ha Sand Point Fire, June 2017 0.0% of the county · 3,136 ha in total · 1 day
  51. 7,317 ha Centennial Fire, June 2017 where it started 0.4% of the county · 7,499 ha in total · 1 day
  52. 1,238 ha Pence Fire, May 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 1,239 ha in total · 30 days
  53. 626 ha Josie Fire, September 2016 where it started 0.0% of the county · 631 ha in total · 4 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters are official, from MTBS (USGS and USDA Forest Service) and NIFC, in the public domain; county boundaries come from geoBoundaries/United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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