Wildfire, Bingham
- When
- August 14, 12:00 AM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Bingham County, 20 mi NW of Blackfoot
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.217, -112.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Idaho, August 14, 2001
1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 7:45 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:45 PM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID 845 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM AMERICAN FALLS NORTHEAST TO YELLOWSTONE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STORM NEAR AMERICAN FALLS STILL WINDING UP WITH A TRAIL OF NEW CELLS FORMING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS NOT LIKELY TO LAST MUCH LONGER. WILL DO THE REGULAR EVENING UPDATE THING TO END OR TAPEROFF THE CONVECTION. WV LOOP SHOWS THIS MOISTURE AS THE BACK EDGE WITH DRIER ARI MOVING IN ON A WESTERLY FLOW TOMORROW. 00Z ETA DECREASES THE MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION QUITE A BIT. MID SHIFT MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FOR DECREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS TUESDAY. ALDEN BYI 57/90/55/93 3230 .KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21. PIH BB 055/090 053/093 051 02323 .PIH...NONE
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
- Heat in Texas, August 14, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 14, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 14, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 2001
- Wildfire in California, August 14 to 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 14, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 2001
- Flooding in New York, August 14, 2001
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, August 2001
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: 5265702.