Wildfire, Orange
- When
- August 22, 12:15 PM PST to 2:30 PM PST
- Where
- Orange County, San Clemente
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -117.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, August 22, 2000
Hot temperatures and dry conditions allowed a brush fire to quickly race up hill and ignite the underside of two roofs. Fifteen families were evacuated as more than 40 firefighters worked for several hours to control the blaze.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $100,000
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Hot temperatures and dry conditions allowed a brush fire to quickly race up hill and ignite the underside of two roofs. Fifteen families were evacuated as more than 40 firefighters worked for several hours to control the blaze.
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
- Heat in Missouri, August 22 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, August 22, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 22, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 22, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 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: 5155050.