Wildfire, Fremont
- When
- September 10, 12:00 PM MST to September 11, 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 15 mi S of Lander
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.041, -108.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Wyoming, September 10 to 11, 1999
Lightning-caused fire burned 600 acres of juniper and sagebrush.
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 RIW wrote it up.
Lightning-caused fire burned 600 acres of juniper and sagebrush.
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 Flood in Oklahoma, September 10, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, September 10, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maine, September 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Hampshire, September 10, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, September 10 to 11, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, September 10, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, September 10, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, September 10, 1999
- Waterspouts in Ohio, September 10 to 16, 1999
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 10 to 12, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, September 10, 1999
- Flood in New York, September 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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: 5716652.