Gooding County, Idaho · Wildfire
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The Use Next Fire is a wildfire near Gooding County, Idaho. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, July 19th at 8:00 a.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.
Today
101°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 12 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain
Tonight
68°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 5 to 12 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain
Monday
102°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 7 mph SSW · 11% chance of rain
Monday Night
71°F · Patchy Smoke then Chance Rain Showers
Wind 7 to 12 mph W · 28% chance of rain
Tuesday
98°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny
Wind 8 mph SW · 17% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, July 19th at 8:04 a.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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