Idaho, 2001

Wildfire in Idaho, June 24, 2001

June 24, 2001 · NWS BOI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Winds gusting at 35 to 45 mph fanned a grassfire near a residential area in the foothills north of Star, ID, prompting the evacuation of 50 residents and the closure of local roads until the fire was brought under control late that evening. The fire burned 150 acres and two structures were destroyed, including one home.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
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 BOI wrote it up.

Winds gusting at 35 to 45 mph fanned a grassfire near a residential area in the foothills north of Star, ID, prompting the evacuation of 50 residents and the closure of local roads until the fire was brought under control late that evening. The fire burned 150 acres and two structures were destroyed, including one home. One firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation.

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 Boise, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 8:45 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 8:45 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHWEST IDAHO/SOUTHEAST OREGON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO
945 AM MDT SUN JUN 24 2001

A FEW MINOR CORRECTIONS FOR WORDING. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES NEEDED.
COOLER BUT STILL VERY DRY AIR STARTING TO SEEP ACROSS CWFA THIS
MORNING. PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON FOR
BREEZY WINDS INTO THIS EVENING. SURFACE COOL AIR ADVECTION WILL KEEP
ATMOSPHERE STABLE SO ANY CONVECTION WILL BE WELL EAST OF US IN THE
THERMAL TROUGH. HIGH CLOUDS BANDS TO OUR WEST AND NORTH PARALLEL TO
UPPER LEVEL FLOW SO WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST IDAHO TODAY
BUT WILL COME IN TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH
WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE WASHINGTON TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
TROUGH WILL LOSE AMPLITUDE AS IN MOVES INLAND WITH LIMITED MOISTURE
AND DYNAMICS. HOWEVER OROGRAPHIC LIFT PLUS SOME UPPER LEVEL COOLING
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY LOW POPS FOR ZONES NORTH AND WEST OF
BOISE. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY WITH MORE CLOUD COVER AND
LOWER THICKNESSES. GRADUAL WARMING TREND TO FOLLOW AS TYPICAL SUMMER
PATTERN SETS UP BY LATE THIS WEEK WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST
OFFSHORE AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW (NO MONSOON MOISTURE YET) OVER IDAHO
ON NORTHWEST EDGE OF VERY WARM AND EXTENSIVE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE.  JT

.BOI...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Canyon

When
June 24, 1:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
Where
Canyon County, Caldwell
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
43.625, -116.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Wildfire
A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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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: 5256205.