Table Rock Road Fire

The views from here on a clear day are spectacular.

Table rock road fire.

Resident taylor kemp said he. A grass fire that burned about a half acre along table rock road near wildhorse lane late monday afternoon was human caused according to boise fire department investigators but they can t say. Sitting on the western lip of it is a usfs fire lookout station that is staffed through the fire season late june september. Table rock is an outstanding geologic feature of columbia river basalt at 6 250 feet on the eastern edge of the mill creek watershed.

A brush fire approaching 2 500 acres near table rock has destroyed a home and another structure in the boise foothills. The hike itself was very pretty though and i m glad we did it but if i were in the area again i would choose a different hike. Over the last 12 months a group of people and agencies have worked to restore the area. Sparked by illegal fireworks the blaze burned and blackened the sagebrush covered landscape.

The road getting to table rock is very bumpy and it takes a long time to get to the parking area. The pit toilet was disgusting and didn t even have toilet paper. It s been a year since last june s table rock fire in the boise foothills destroyed 2 500 acres of wildlife habitat. The new fire located near the table rock overpass quickly shot up a large column of gray smoke and drew an immediate response from the air and ground.