August 7 in weather history

Silver Fire

August 7, 2013 · San Jacinto Mountains

The Silver Fire was a wildfire that burned in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning and Cabazon in Riverside County, California in August 2013. The fire, which started close to Poppet Flats Road near Highway 243, was first reported on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at around 2:05 pm, just south of Banning. By…

Where it happened

San Jacinto Mountains, as Wikidata places it.

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The record

Date
August 7, 2013
Ended
August 12, 2013
Kind
Wildfire
Where
San Jacinto Mountains
Country
United States

What happened

The Silver Fire was a wildfire that burned in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning and Cabazon in Riverside County, California in August 2013. The fire, which started close to Poppet Flats Road near Highway 243, was first reported on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at around 2:05 pm, just south of Banning. By Friday, August 9, the wildfire was a reported 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) in size and Gov. Jerry Brown had declared a state of emergency in the fire area.

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

Sources

Wikidata Q41603901 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Silver Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.