Wildfire — Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

2016-08-06 to 2016-08-12 · Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho

Event narrative

Lightning began a wildfire 6 miles northwest of Stanley on August 6th and burned nearly 800 acres. Many hiking trails were closed due to the fire as well as Stanley Lake campground which was used as a command post. The fire was contained on August 12th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 658410. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.