Wildfire in California, September 30, 1999

Name: Wildfire in California, September 30, 1999
Start: 1999-09-30T14:00
End: 1999-09-30T23:59
Location: California

September 30, 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: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $500,000
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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Riverside

When: September 30, 2:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where: Riverside County, 4 mi SW of Corona
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $500,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wild fire broke out in Tin Mine Canyon and burned towards subdivisions on the southwest side of Corona, destroying one house and damaging five others. Erratic winds then caused the fire to burn both towards the east, threatening additonal houses, and back towards the west up the canyons in the Cleveland National Forest. As September ended the fire was still uncontained, with 250 acres of brush and citrus groves burnt, and over 200 homes evacuated.

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, September 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: 5716977.