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Wildfire in Central Panhandle Mountains, Idaho

Wildfire August 14, 2022 – August 31, 2022 · Central Panhandle Mountains, Idaho

$200K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Blackburn Fire is located just north of the Heller Creek Campground near the headwaters of the St. Joe River. It was discovered on August 14. Several other fires were detected the same weekend, all from a single lightning storm days before. It has burned 360 acres of timber.

The wider storm

The Blackburn fire was started from suspected lightning and discovered on August 14.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1055060. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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