Wildfire, Tuolumne
- When
- August 14, 7:30 AM PST to August 31, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Tuolumne County, Stanislaus Nat. For.
- Coordinates
- 38.028, -119.955 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, August 14 to 31, 1996
Lightning started the Rogge wildfire in the Stanislaus National Forest along the Tuolumne River. The wildfire took two weeks to get under control, burning 23,200 acres.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
Lightning started the Rogge wildfire in the Stanislaus National Forest along the Tuolumne River. The wildfire took two weeks to get under control, burning 23,200 acres.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 14, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, August 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 14, 1996
- Hail in Wyoming, August 14, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575788.