2024 Idaho wildfires explained

2024 Idaho wildfires
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Year:2024
Season Name:Idaho wildfires

The 2024 Idaho wildfire season is an ongoing series of notable wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Idaho.

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than, or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

NameCounty <-- of origin-->AcresStart dateContainment dateNotesRef
Billy CreekNez PerceJuly 3Started along the Idaho/Washington state line. [1]
Bench LakeCusterJuly 11Caused by human activity. [2]
TexasLatahJuly 15Fire caused by human activity. [3]
ThunderLemhiJuly 24[4]
GwenLatahJuly 24Fire caused by lightning. Firefighting efforts were complicated by dry, dead grass as fuel and steep slopes.[5]
LimepointAdamsJuly 248 miles north of Oxbow Dam. Merged with Oxbow Fire.[6]
WyeIdahoJuly 25Fire caused by lightning during a lightning storm. Was unstaffed due to higher priority fires.[7]
Cliff MountainAdams & IdahoJuly 25[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-08-01 . Billy Creek Fire . 2024-08-01 . InciWeb . en.
  2. Web site: 2024-08-01 . Bench Lake Fire . 2024-08-01 . InciWeb . en.
  3. Web site: 2024-08-01 . Texas Fire . 2024-08-01 . Inciweb . en.
  4. Web site: 2024-08-01 . Thunder Fire . 2024-08-01 . InciWeb . en.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-03 . Gwen Fire . 2024-08-16 . InciWeb . en.
  6. Web site: 2024-08-16 . Limepoint . 2024-08-16 . InciWeb . en.
  7. Web site: 2024-08-13 . Wye Fire . 2024-08-16 . InciWeb . en.
  8. Web site: 2024-08-01 . Cliff Mountain Fire . 2024-08-01 . InciWeb . en.