Tag: wildfire
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Wildfire Update
Monday, 8/30/2021 Greenwood Fire is located near Greenwood Lake on the Laurentian Ranger District. The fire is between Greenwood Lake and the intersections of Highways 1 and 2. Size: 25,991 acresTotal Personnel: 468Percent of Perimeter Contained: 14% Significant amounts of rain fell over the Greenwood fire area this past weekend,…
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Monday afternoon Greenwood Fire Update
4:31 PM 8/16/2021 Greenwood fire has grown to 1500 acres as of Monday afternoon, August 16, 2021. Info. below is from the Ely Echo. Greenwood fire closes Highway 1 and Highway 2 Greenwood fire is threatening homes and cabins near McDougal Lake off Highway 1 Highway 2 was closed Monday…
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Greenwood Fire Update
11:30 AM Monday, 8/16/2021 All of the information below is from the Ely Echo Greenwood fire is on track to head toward Highway 1 after Sunday night’s activity. There are 6 fire departments protecting structures in the McDougal Lake area including Morse-Fall Lake, Ely, Babbitt, Silver Bay, Two Harbors and…
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Record Heat and at least one wildfire reported in the Northland today
At around 3 PM today, Sunday, August 15, 2021 a wildfire was reported in the Greenwood Lake area approximately 15 miles southwest of Isabella, Minnesota in Lake County. The current size of this fire was a couple hundred acres as of 3 PM Sunday. This fire and its smoke plume…
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A little rain on the way early Wednesday morning followed by clearing skies and mild temps Wednesday afternoon
One cold front moved through the Northland today, and will see another cold front move through Wednesday morning, followed by one more for Thursday morning. Temperatures didn’t cool off at all behind today’s front, although dew points dropped considerably with the passage of today’s cold front. Wednesday will feature mild…