Pepper WFU Fire
Location: 6 miles E of Yellowpine, Valley Co., ID
Specific Location: Pepper Ck, Lat 44° 56´ 56″ Lon 115° 21´ 12″
Date of Origin: 08/21/2008 (First official report 08/29/08)
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 08/29/08 at 11:00 AM
Personnel: 0
Size: 137 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired maximum Fire Size (MMA): not reported
Est. containment date: 10/31/08 (in other words, whenever)
Sam Hescock is in charge of this fire, too. Sam burned down 470,000 acres of the Payette NF last year.
2 Sep 2008, 10:47pm
by YPmule
by YPmule
Locals report this fire is in between two old burns and its getting bigger.