Wildfire, Augusta
- When
- November 21, 12:00 AM EST to November 29, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Augusta County, 3 mi W of Deerfield
- Crop damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 38.165, -79.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Virginia, November 21 to 29, 1998
S. Forest Service land, 3 miles west of Deerfield in Southwest Augusta County.
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
- $80,000
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
A wildfire, started by human activity, began on the 21st of November in U.S. Forest Service land, 3 miles west of Deerfield in Southwest Augusta County. Timber and brush were extremely dry from the lack of rainfall, and caused the fire to spread rapidly. The terrain of the Jerkemtight Roadless area along the east side of Shenandoah Mountain where the fire raged was extremely steep and rocky. This made the fire fighting efforts of the Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service difficult at best. Seven hundred fire fighters and 2 helicopters were needed to bring the fire under control. The fire burned over 2000 acres of the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson National Forests before being controlled on the 29th of November.
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
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 21 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, November 21, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 21 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Utah, November 21 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, November 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, November 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 21, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 21 to 22, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, November 21 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in California, November 21, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, November 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, November 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: 5675751.