Wildfire, San Diego
- When
- July 20, 3:30 PM PST to July 21, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Live Oak Spgs
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, July 20 to 21, 2000
Erratic winds pushed a brush fire close to State Route 94 and threatened four homes before fire fighters beat it back. Near the origin of the blaze, a burned body was found.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Erratic winds pushed a brush fire close to State Route 94 and threatened four homes before fire fighters beat it back. Near the origin of the blaze, a burned body was found. It was estimated that it had been a middle-aged male
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire, San Diego | 2000-07-20 | 35 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
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- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 20 to 21, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 20, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 20, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 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: 5153896.