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Wildfire — Upper Treasure Valley, Idaho

August 25, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$5.0M
Area
Upper Treasure Valley

Event narrative (NOAA)

A wildfire in Southeast Boise caused by an electrical component near an Idaho Power sub station quickly burned out of control destroying 10 homes and damaging many more including 1 fatality. Another wildfire near Mountain Home burned around 500 acres.

Other notable wildfire events in Idaho

Lemhi · July 22, 20032 killedCaribou Highlands · June 28, 2012$472.0MCentral Panhandle Mountains · September 1, 2023$24.0MCentral Panhandle Mountains · August 3, 2023$24.0MNorthern Panhandle · September 1, 2025$17.8MNorthern Panhandle · August 13, 2025$17.8M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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