Wildfire, Georgetown
- When
- March 8, 12:00 AM EST to March 14, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Georgetown County, Carvers Bay
- Coordinates
- 33.413, -79.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in South Carolina, March 8 to 14, 1997
Dry, windy conditions resulted in a wildfire which destroyed more than 4,000 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 ILM wrote it up.
Dry, windy conditions resulted in a wildfire which destroyed more than 4,000 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
- Avalanche in Washington, March 8, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 8 to 10, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 8, 1997
More
Every storm in South Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, March 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: 5594323.