Wildfire — Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

2015-09-04 to 2015-09-18 · Upper Snake Highlands, Idaho

Event narrative

A fire near Island Park began with a lightning stirke on September 4th and continued through September 17th and grew to 553 acres. Several forest service roads were closed due to the fire but it was in open country and threatened no property and was allowed to burn. Rainfall ended the fire.

Wider weather episode

A fire near Island Park began with a lightning stirke on September 4th and continued through September 17th and grew to 553 acres. Several forest service roads were closed due to the fire but it was in open country and threatened no property and was allowed to burn. Rainfall ended the fire.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 602789. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.