Wildfire, Routt
- When
- March 27, 3:00 PM MST to March 30, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Routt County, 2 mi NE of Steamboat Spgs
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.485, -106.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, March 27 to 30, 1999
Lightning ignited a grass fire in a forested area northeast of Steamboat Springs. The fire remained in the grasses and did not consume the trees.
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.
Lightning ignited a grass fire in a forested area northeast of Steamboat Springs. The fire remained in the grasses and did not consume the trees.
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Winter Weather in Wyoming, March 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, March 27, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 27, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 27, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 27, 1999
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, 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: 5692141.