Wildfire, Ventura
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM PST to May 3, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, Fillmore
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, May 1 to 3, 1996
Hot and dry conditions, produced by offshore winds, continued to fuel a fire in the Los Padres National Forest. The fire, which ignited in late April, destroyed one mobile home and scorched numerous citrus and avocado orchards.
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
- 3
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- 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 LOX wrote it up.
Hot and dry conditions, produced by offshore winds, continued to fuel a fire in the Los Padres National Forest. The fire, which ignited in late April, destroyed one mobile home and scorched numerous citrus and avocado orchards. In addition, several firefighters were injured.
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
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Louisiana, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Tornado in Ohio, May 1, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, May 1 to 26, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, May 1 to 20, 1996
- Flood in Illinois, May 1 to 26, 1996
- Flooding in Missouri, May 1 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, May 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: 5545326.