HANSEN — The Badger Fire is now 91% contained as firefighters have successfully used controlled burns to limit the fire’s spread.
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Source: Data from National Interagency Fire Center. Map by Times-News.
PHOTOS: Badger Fire damage in Rock Creek
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
A firefighting truck pulling a trailer with ATVs descends Rock Creek Road among burned trees, grasses and sage brush from the Badger Fire in the South Hills Thursday south of Hansen.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
Parts of the Schipper Campground in Rock Creek Canyon was burned by the Badger Fire in the South Hills, as seen Thursday partially burning the entrance sign to the campground. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The Third Fork Trailhead sign, seen Oct. 1, still stands after the Badger Fire moved through the South Hills burning over 89,000 acres of forest, sagebrush and grass in the hills south of Hansen.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The fire line of the Badger Fire stops at the bottom of the hills near the mouth of Rock Creek Canyon, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 south of Hansen. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The bridge to the Harrington Fork Trailhead, seen Oct. 1, burned during the Badger Fire in Rock Creek Canyon, south of Hansen
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The Harrington Fork Trailhead sign, seen Oct. 1, toppled during the Badger Fire in Rock Creek Canyon south of Hansen.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The Badger Fire burned sage brush, grass and trees on either side of Rock Creek Road, as seen on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, including portions near the mouth of Rock Creek Canyon south of Hansen. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The contrast between burned and not burned trees from the Badger Fire, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, is abundant along Rock Creek Canyon in the south hills south of Hansen.Â
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
An empty bottle lays burned in an area charred by the Badger Fire in Rock Creek Canyon, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres of trees, sage brush and grasses.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
Campsite No. 2 at the Schipper Campground in Rock Creek Canyon was damaged by the Badger Fire, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, including the entrance sign and part of a picnic table. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres of trees, sage brush and grasses.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The Badger Fire burned sage brush, grass and trees on either side of Rock Creek Road, as seen on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, including portions near the mouth of Rock Creek Canyon south of Hansen. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
Parts of the Schipper Campground in Rock Creek Canyon was burned by the Badger Fire in the south hills, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, partially burning the entrance sign to the campground. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
A picnic bench at one of the campsites at Schipper Campground in Rock Creek Canyon, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, was burned by the Badger Fire south of Hansen. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The burned down remnants of an outhouse from the Badger Fire in the south hills, as seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, was one of several smaller out buildings that were either damaged or destroyed in the fire.
Rock Creek Canyon burn areas
The fire line can be seen near a ranch building near the mouth of Rock Creek Canyon, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 south of Hansen. The fire has burned over 89,000 acres and 91% contained.
PHOTOS: Badger Fire burns in South Hills
Badger Fire
A plane drops fire retardant on the Badger Fire in this photo released Saturday.
Badger Fire
Two Bombardier Super Scoopers pull water from Murtaugh Lake Thursday to use on the Badger Fire.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire partially burned the Schipper Campground, but some facilities in the area were saved, the Sawtooth National Forest said.
Badger Fire
In this photo posted to InciWeb Monday, members of the Centennial T2IA hand crew mops up along the fireline in Division B of the Badger Fire.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire has burned an estimated 89,090 acres as of Monday morning.
Badger Fire
Firefighters clear vegetation near the Badger Fire on Monday.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A helicopter tanker drops water onto a section of the Badger Fire south of Foothills Road Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 near Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A helicopter tanker drops water onto a section of the Badger Fire south of Foothills Road Saturday near Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A helicopter tanker flies overhead heading to drop its payload onto a section of the Badger Fire south of Foothills Road Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 near Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A helicopter tanker flies overhead heading to drop its payload onto a section of the Badger Fire south of Foothills Road Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 near Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A helicopter tanker lifts water from a lake and heads to drop its payload onto a section of the Badger Fire south of Foothills Road Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 near Hansen.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire burns Friday evening near a farm in Cassia County south of Foothill Road and west of Dry Creek.
Smoke
Smoke from the Badger Fire is visible from Hansen Friday afternoon.
TFFD at Badger Fire
TFFD at Badger Fire
TFFD at Badger Fire
Twin Falls firefighters were deployed to the Badger Fire.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
One of two light aircraft helping with the efforts to contain the Badger Fire in the South Hills files among cloudy and smoky skies Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
Smoke and flames rise from the timber and sage brush in the distance from the Badger Fire in the South Hills on Friday. The fire jumped over Rock Creek Road early Friday, and a mandatory evacuation of the area was ordered.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A Rock Creek Fire District engine exits Rock Creek Canyon during the Badger Fire on Sept. 18, 2020, south of Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
John Peterson attends to a horse after being evacuated from Rock Creek Canyon due to the spreading Badger Fire on Friday south of Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A pickup truck pulling a trailer with a horse exits off Rock Creek Road during an evacuation of Rock Creek Canyon with the Badger Fire spreading closer to homes, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 south of Hansen. The horse was stabled at the Rock Creek General Store.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A Twin Falls Sheriff deputy talks with a local resident at the base of Rock Creek Canyon during the evaction of the area due to the Badger Fire in the South Hills, Friday, Sept. 8, 2020 south of Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A Twin Falls Sheriff deputy talks with a local resident at the base of Rock Creek Canyon during the evaction of the area due to the Badger Fire in the South Hills, Friday, Sept. 8, 2020 south of Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A Twin Falls Sheriff deputy directs traffic at the base of Rock Creek Canyon during the evaction of the area due to the Badger Fire in the South Hills, Friday, Sept. 8, 2020 south of Hansen.
Badger Fire and Rock Creek
A pickup truck pulling a trailer nears the exit of Rock Creek Road during an evacuation of Rock Creek Canyon, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 south of Hansen.
Disaster relief shelter set up at Eastside Southern Baptist Church
Disaster Action Team members Sandy Harnar, left, and Beverly Beem, right, sit ready to check people displaced by the Badger Fire in Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Twin Falls.
Disaster relief shelter set up at Eastside Southern Baptist Church
A toiletry bag and stuffed animal sit ready to be handed out to community members that had to evacuate their homes because of the Badger Fire on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Twin Falls.
Disaster relief shelter set up at Eastside Southern Baptist Church
Diana Ochsner, disaster action relief coordinator for south-central Idaho, talks about the procedure of checking in to the temporary shelter Friday at Eastside Southern Baptist Church in Twin Falls. Because of COVID-19, those evacuated due to the Badger Fire will be placed in hotel rooms instead of a group shelter.
Badger Fire continues to burn
Smoke can be seen rising from the Badger Fire on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, near Kimberly.
Badger Fire continues to burn
A roadblock stops vehicles from driving towards Magic Mountain Ski Resort because of the Badger Fire on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, near Kimberly.
Badger Fire continues to burn
Smoke can be seen rising from the Badger Fire on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, near Kimberly.
Badger Fire continues to burn
Smoke can be seen rising from the Badger Fire on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, from the peak of Mount Harrison in Albion.
Badger Fire continues to burn
A roadblock stops vehicles from driving towards Magic Mountain Ski Resort because of the Badger Fire on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, near Kimberly.
Badger Fire continues to burn
Smoke can be seen rising from the Badger Fire on Thursday near Kimberly.
Badger Fire continues to burn
Smoke can be seen rising from a fire in the South Hills in 2020.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire, seen in this aerial photo from Tuesday, continues to burn in southwest Cassia County.
Badger Fire
This aerial photo shows the Badger Fire burning in the South Hills on Tuesday.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire, seen here on Monday evening, is burning southwest of Oakley.
Trap Fire
A firefighter walks on Idaho 21 toward the Trap Fire, which ignited near Stanley on Sept. 14. Part of Idaho 21 was closed due to fire activity.
Badger fire
The Badger Fire has burned more than 23,000 acres in Cassia County as of Tuesday morning.
Badger Fire
The Badger Fire has burned more than 5,500 acres in Cassia County as of Monday.
PHOTOS: Gov. Little updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Brad Little talks with Bobbi Filbert, public information officer for Great Basin Team 5, about the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Incident Commander Sam Hicks updates Gov. Brad Little and county commissioners on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Kim Smolt, public information officer for Great Basin Team 5, goes over the map to explain where the Badger Fire is contained Wednesday at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
An operations map of the Badger Fire sits on display Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Brad Little meets with county commissioners and firefighters to get an update on the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Brad Little listens to an update on the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Brad Little arrives on a Black Hawk helicopter to be updated on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Incident Commander Sam Hicks updates Gov. Brad Little and county commissioners on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Bobbi Filbert, public information officer for Great Basin Team 5, updates Gov. Brad Little and county commissioners on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Incident Commander Sam Hicks updates Gov. Brad Little and county commissioners on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
Gov. Little gets updated on Badger Fire
Gov. Brad Little arrives on a Black Hawk helicopter to be updated on the status of the Badger Fire on Wednesday at the Oakley Municipal Airport in Oakley.
