Wildfire, Coconino
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM MST
- Where
- Coconino County, Williams
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arizona, June 1, 2000
The Pumpkin fire was lightning caused on the afternoon of May 24, 2000 and burned 9500 acres by the end of May. The fire was burning in the wilderness area of Kendrick Peak and was 40 percent contained by May 31.
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 FGZ wrote it up.
The Pumpkin fire was lightning caused on the afternoon of May 24, 2000 and burned 9500 acres by the end of May. The fire was burning in the wilderness area of Kendrick Peak and was 40 percent contained by May 31. A total of 14,760 acres (5,260 acres in June) burned by the time it was 100% contained on June 9, 2000. Pockets of fire continued to burn well into the rainy season and the fire was declaired controlled on August 21, 2000. The total cost was about $6.5 million. Only one abandoned cabin was lost.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 1, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 1, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flooding in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 2000
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: 5150889.