Wildfire in California, October 1 to 8, 1999

Name: Wildfire in California, October 1 to 8, 1999
Start: 1999-10-01T00:00
End: 1999-10-08T08:00
Location: California

October 1 to 8, 1999 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 10
Property damage: $250,000
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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, San Diego

When: October 1, 12:00 AM PST to October 8, 8:00 AM PST
Where: San Diego County, 6 mi E of Rincon
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 10 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

This fire began on September 30 and wasn't fully contained until October 8. A total of 7,691 acres, one house, two trailers, and an out building were burned or destroyed. Campers and counselors at Camp Denver C. Fox and residents in Will Valley were evacuated. Ten fire fighters sustained minor injuries, and another died when a boulder dislodged by the fire struck him. The cost of fighting the fire was near $3 million.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Wildfire, San Diego	1999-10-05	20	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in California, October 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: 5723094.