August 4 in weather history

Maple Fire

August 4, 2018 · United States

The Maple Fire was a wildfire on Jefferson Ridge in the Olympic Mountains, approximately 23 miles north of Shelton, Washington in the United States. The fire was caused by illegal logging activities, and the resulting criminal trial was the first time that tree DNA has ever been used in a federal trial in the United…

Where it happened

United States, as Wikidata places it.

  • Wildfires

The record

Date
August 4, 2018
Ended
November 1, 2018
Kind
Wildfire
Where
United States
Country
United States

What happened

The Maple Fire was a wildfire on Jefferson Ridge in the Olympic Mountains, approximately 23 miles north of Shelton, Washington in the United States. The fire was caused by illegal logging activities, and the resulting criminal trial was the first time that tree DNA has ever been used in a federal trial in the United States.

From Wikipedia, “2018 Maple Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sources

Wikidata Q110587244 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “2018 Maple Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.