Lava Fire

202486,752 acresIdaho

The Lava Fire burned 86,752 acres, about 136 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on September 3, 2024.

Watch how it happened

Lava Fire · 2024

How it happened

See the burn scar and every county it reached.

About this replay

IgnitionSeptember 3, 2024Historical replay — final scar, not daily growth

Final area86,752 ac

Revealed—

Counties4

Fire milestones

Burn scarFinal perimeter mapped from satellite images

Reported originThe fire location MTBS records for the event

Washington, D.C., to scale61 square miles of land, drawn at the fire’s scale

Source: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS, U.S. Forest Service), mapped from satellite images after the fire. MTBS does not record daily growth: the reveal shows the final scar, outward from the reported origin, not the order it burned in.

Where it burned

Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.

Acres burned by county

Adams County	ID	38,247
Gem County	ID	37,073
Washington County	ID	9,577
Valley County	ID	1,908

Other large fires in Idaho in 2024

Paddock Fire186,702 acres
Red Rock Fire88,339 acres
Limepoint Fire35,290 acres
Jump Fire26,223 acres

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.