Wildfire, Campbell
- When
- June 29, 3:00 AM MST to June 30, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 20 mi N of Gillette
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Wyoming, June 29 to 30, 1997
An electrical storm during the early morning hours resulted in a wild fire that burned 20 to 30 acres of timber north of Gillette. No injuries were reported with the fire and no buildings were damaged.
Where it happened
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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 UNR wrote it up.
An electrical storm during the early morning hours resulted in a wild fire that burned 20 to 30 acres of timber north of Gillette. No injuries were reported with the fire and no buildings were damaged.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 29, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 29, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, June 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 29, 1997
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, June 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: 5603825.