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Wildfire in Grand Flat and Arches, Utah
Wildfire August 21, 2024 – August 23, 2024 · Grand Flat and Arches, Utah
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Black Ridge Fire started in late August 40 miles north-northeast of Castle Valley in the Westwater Canyon Wilderness Area near the Utah-Colorado state line just south of Interstate 70 due to a lightning strike. The fire grew to 305 acres before it was contained a couple days later in late August. The estimated cost to date was $75,000.
The wider storm
The Black Ridge Fire started in late August 40 miles north-northeast of Castle Valley in the Westwater Canyon Wilderness Area near the Utah-Colorado state line just south of Interstate 70 due to a lightning strike.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1208133. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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