Wildfire, Ocean
- When
- June 8, 11:00 AM EST to June 9, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ocean County, 5 mi SW of Beachwood
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, June 8 to 9, 1999
A forest fire began near the Cedar Creek in the Dover Forge section of the Double Trouble State Park in Lacey Township in Ocean County at noon EDT on the 8th. m.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A forest fire began near the Cedar Creek in the Dover Forge section of the Double Trouble State Park in Lacey Township in Ocean County at noon EDT on the 8th. About 115 acres burned by 9 p.m. EDT. The fire spread into southern Berkeley Township. Dover Road between Lacey and Berkeley Townships was closed because of smoke drift. The fire was brought under control at 6 p.m. EDT on the 9th. About 285 acres were burned. The cause was determined to be a campfire. Campfires were banned by the New Jersey Forestry Service because of the unseasonably dry weather.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Florida, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8 to 18, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, June 8, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, June 8, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 8, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, 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: 5703490.