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Wildfire in Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado

Wildfire August 16, 2023 – August 21, 2023 · Lower Yampa River Basin, Colorado

$150K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Deserado Fire started in mid August from a lightning strike 8 miles east of Rangely, and grew to 1131 acres before it was contained the next week.

The wider storm

A lightning strike ignited a wildfire 8 miles east of Rangely.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1113590. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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