Wildfire, Yuba
- When
- September 27, 4:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Yuba County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15 million
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -121.351 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, September 27, 1997
High winds and very dry conditions helped spread the Williams Fire. The fire burned 5700 acres, destroyed 91 dwellings and 136 outbuildings, 190 motor vehicles.
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
- $15 million
- 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.
High winds and very dry conditions helped spread the Williams Fire. The fire burned 5700 acres, destroyed 91 dwellings and 136 outbuildings, 190 motor vehicles. The $15 million dollar damage figure also includes the cost of suppression.
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
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 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: 5624146.