Wildfire, Shasta
- When
- July 30, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Shasta County, 9 mi E of Manzanita Lake
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $10 million
- Coordinates
- 40.764, -122.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, July 30, 1997
Dry lightning started the Huffer Fire. The fire burned 2290 acres in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $10 million
- 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.
Dry lightning started the Huffer Fire. The fire burned 2290 acres in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, July 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, July 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, July 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 1997
- Flood in Texas, July 30, 1997
- Flood in Texas, July 30, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 30, 1997
- Waterspouts in Virginia, July 30, 1997
- Waterspouts in North Carolina, July 30, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 1997
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: 5624145.