Wildfire, Mesa
- When
- June 23, 5:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Mesa County, 2 mi SW of Mack
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.018, -108.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, June 23, 1999
Numerous lightning strikes resulted in 16 brush fires extending from the Black Ridge Wilderness Study area northward to the Demaree Wilderness Study area south of Douglas Pass.
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 GJT wrote it up.
Numerous lightning strikes resulted in 16 brush fires extending from the Black Ridge Wilderness Study area northward to the Demaree Wilderness Study area south of Douglas Pass.
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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 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: 5715338.