Wildfire, Wasco
- When
- July 27, 1:00 PM PST to July 29, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Wasco County, Simnasho
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.160, -121.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oregon, July 27 to 29, 1998
Two large fires and several small fires were touched off by lightning during the last week in July on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in southwestern Wasco and northwestern Jefferson Counties. The largest fire burned nearly 1,000 acres.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 PDT wrote it up.
Two large fires and several small fires were touched off by lightning during the last week in July on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in southwestern Wasco and northwestern Jefferson Counties. The largest fire burned nearly 1,000 acres. A 4-H camp near Peter's Place was placed on evacuation standby for six hours but was not threatened by the fire.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Jefferson
- When
- July 27, 1:00 PM PST to July 28, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Madras
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.629, -121.175 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Utah, July 27, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 27, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 27, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 27, 1998
- Wildfire in Washington, July 27 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, July 27 to 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 1998
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: 5657780, 5657781.