Gooding County, Idaho · Wildfire
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The Rural Assist 3 Fire is a wildfire near Gooding County, Idaho. It has burned about 85 acres (about 64 football fields). It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
95°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 mph NNW · 18% chance of rain
Tonight
65°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 6 mph SSW · 7% chance of rain
Sunday
96°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 5 to 8 mph WNW · 1% chance of rain
Sunday Night
66°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 6 mph WNW · 1% chance of rain
Monday
98°F · Patchy Smoke then Sunny
Wind 2 to 6 mph NNE · 2% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:32 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
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