Wildfire, Butte
- When
- August 23, 12:00 PM PST to August 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Butte County, Bloomer
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 39.667, -121.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 1999
The Butte Command #1 complex burned 33,924 acres across central Butte county. Dry lightning was responsible for the 6 separate large fires with the largest fire burning over 16,000 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 STO wrote it up.
The Butte Command #1 complex burned 33,924 acres across central Butte county. Dry lightning was responsible for the 6 separate large fires with the largest fire burning over 16,000 acres. Strong southwest winds ranging between 20 and 40 mph on the 28th through the 30th as well as hot temperatures, steep terrain, and narrow access roads hampered the control process. No injuries or deaths occurred. Major drainages, watersheds, and structures were threatened. Fire fighting costs exceeded nine million dollars by months end.
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
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- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 23, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 23, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, August 23, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1999
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: 5714336.