Wildfire, Oneida
- When
- September 10, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Oneida County, Holbrook
- Coordinates
- 42.195, -112.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Idaho, September 10, 1996
A dry lightning storm caused severl lightning fires in western Oneida County including the Buist Fire (300 acres), Harwood Canyon Fire (one acre) south of Rockland, the South Fork Fire (one acre) about 12 miles north of Holbrook and the Stump Hollow Fire (4 acres) seven miles northwest of Arbon.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PIH wrote it up.
A dry lightning storm caused severl lightning fires in western Oneida County including the Buist Fire (300 acres), Harwood Canyon Fire (one acre) south of Rockland, the South Fork Fire (one acre) about 12 miles north of Holbrook and the Stump Hollow Fire (4 acres) seven miles northwest of Arbon.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 10, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, September 10 to 11, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, September 10, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563788.