Wildfire, Riverside
- When
- March 14, 12:35 PM PST to March 15, 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, 3 mi NE of Wildomar
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, March 14 to 15, 1999
A minor brush fire grew to a 123 acre wild fire due to moderate winds and extremely dry conditions. Firefighters had to respond with massive force: 31 fire engines, 4 water tankers, a helicopter, and 110 fire fighters to keep the fire from spreading to residences in the area.
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 SGX wrote it up.
A minor brush fire grew to a 123 acre wild fire due to moderate winds and extremely dry conditions. Firefighters had to respond with massive force: 31 fire engines, 4 water tankers, a helicopter, and 110 fire fighters to keep the fire from spreading to residences in the area. By evening the fire was only 35 percent contained. Rain from a weather system the following morning finally extinguished the fire.
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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- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, March 14 to 15, 1999
More
Every storm in California in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5689431.