Fire Information

To assist in your hunting, angling and outdoor adventures each late summer and fall, Idaho Fish and Game will be working with the Forest Service, BLM, IDL and other resource agencies and Wildfire Teams to keep you up to date on fire closures.

This resource is not the official fire information resource. It's simply a tool to help Fish and Game customers in decision making.

We are compiling the latest fire activity and closures from InciWeb and making them available as real-time maps and downloads on our website.

As more information becomes available, this page will be updated.

Large Fire Incidents

Large incidents managed by federal fire agencies can be found at

InciWeb Map (of Idaho) InciWeb Table

Smaller Incidents in Idaho (Idaho Fire Info)

To keep up-to-date on generally smaller fires managed by local and state fire agencies, visit Idaho Fire Info

Idaho Burn Restrictions

To learn what the current "burn ban" may be in your area, visit the Idaho Fire Info fire restrictions map.

Fire Restrictions

News

Prescribed Burn Scheduled in Unit 42

Friday, August 30, 2019 - 3:53 PM MDT

In you plan to hunt in Owyhee County this fall, you might need to know that the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Twin Springs area on Juniper Mountain during a five- to seven-day window between September 9-30.

Southwest Region Fire Information
Fish and Game’s hunt planner can help hunters plan trips during high fire season

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 9:59 AM MDT

Our typically hot summer season is definitely upon us. Hot and dry conditions throughout Idaho have left rangelands and forests with extremely dry vegetation. Hunters are reminded that Fish and Game provides important fire information to help them keep up-to-date on current fire locations and acreage burned, especially in those Game Management Units where hunts might be impacted by fires.

Deer Hunting Elk hunting Magic Valley Region Fire Information Elk (Cervus canadensis) Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Road Closure planned for September near Deadwood Reservoir could affect archery hunters

Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 7:28 AM MDT

The Boise National Forest has released information about a road closure northeast of Deadwood Reservoir that could affect elk hunters. Forest road 579 is scheduled to have a temporary closure from Sept. 16 – Sept. 29 to replacing an existing culvert with a larger one called an Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) structure.

Fire Information Southwest Region
Forest Service to start prescribed fires in August to improve Clearwater elk habitat

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - 10:28 AM MDT

Fish and Game has worked with the Forest Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation on these projects in an effort to boost elk herds in the area.

Fire Information Clearwater Region Panhandle Region
PotlatchDeltic places fire restrictions on its property

Monday, August 5, 2019 - 3:58 PM MDT

PotlatchDeltic Corporation announced in late July that no campfires or open burning will be allowed on its Idaho property due to increasing fire danger in the region.

Fire Information Access - Large Tracts PotlatchDeltic
Celebrating Fourth of July in the great outdoors? Leave the fireworks at home

Monday, July 1, 2019 - 2:14 PM MDT

After a wet spring, tall stands of grass and other vegetation from the valleys to the mountains are beginning to dry. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is reminding users of federal forest and rangelands, state endowment lands and department-managed lands and access sites, that fireworks and exploding targets are prohibited.

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2019 Idaho fire monitoring underway

Sunday, June 30, 2019 - 11:45 PM MDT

As the season when fires are most relevant to Idahoans approaches, we'd like to thank our sister natural resource agencies and those firefighters who prepare to manage fires. We're standing ready to help pass the word about significant fires around Idaho. Fires can change and flare up quickly, so always be prepared and safe when traveling in areas wih fire personnel.

Fire Information

Idaho Fire Map

View a map of all current fire area closures and fire activity in Idaho.

This tool allows you quickly overlay hunt boundaries on current fire activity from satellites and fire emergency closures. Fire activity is updated every two hours. Additional hunt and fishing related layers are available with fire information in the Hunt Planner and Fishing Planner.

View Fire Map

For a more comprehensive map with controlled hunt areas and other boundaries, visit the Idaho Hunt Planner Map Center.

Note: Due to high volume, the map layers used on these pages may load slowly or be intermittently unavailable.