Wildfire, Coconino
- When
- June 4, 11:00 AM MST to June 5, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Coconino County, Jacob Lake
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arizona, June 4 to 5, 2000
The Outlet Fire began as a prescribed burn on April 25. On May 9, the fire was still within the planned enviromental conditions when it was declared a wildland fire.
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 Outlet Fire began as a prescribed burn on April 25. On May 9, the fire was still within the planned enviromental conditions when it was declared a wildland fire. The fire was declaired 100% contained the evening of May 21. In all, 13,350 acers burned, over 1,200 fire personel were invovled, and nearly 35 miles of hand line were constructed around the fire. The fire continued to burn inside fire lines long after containment. On June 4, strong wind pushed the fire off the canyon rim. This fire then burned back up onto the canyon rim and burned an additional 500 acres outside the fire lines. This part of the fire was contained again on June 5.
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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 4, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 4 to 5, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 4, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 4, 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: 5150888.