Wildfire, Ventura
- When
- December 18, 6:30 AM PST to December 19, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County, 7 mi NE of Fillmore
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.358, -119.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, December 18 to 19, 2000
Gusty Santa Ana winds fueled a wildfire in Hopper Canyon, northeast of the city of Fillmore. The wildfire, which burned 530 acres, was started by downed power lines.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 LOX wrote it up.
Gusty Santa Ana winds fueled a wildfire in Hopper Canyon, northeast of the city of Fillmore. The wildfire, which burned 530 acres, was started by downed power lines. No injuries were reported.
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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
More
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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: 5165382.