Wildfire, Monterey
- When
- July 22, 8:00 PM PST to July 31, 11:00 PM PST
- Where
- Monterey County, Big Sur
- Crop damage
- $5.7 million
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 36.240, -121.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, July 22 to 31, 2000
Location: Monterey Ranger District of theLos Padres National Forestbetween Plaskett Creek and Willow Creek, east of Highway 1, approximately 23miles south of Big Sur, 3 miles north of Gorda and 3 miles west of Fort Hunter Liggett.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $5.7 million
- 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 MTR wrote it up.
Plaskett 2 - Ignition date: 7/22/00Cause: The fire began on Plaskett Rd at approximately2000 PDT when an unknown individual discarded burning paper into brush after attempting to ignite a pilot light on a trailer.Location: Monterey Ranger District of theLos Padres National Forestbetween Plaskett Creek and Willow Creek, east of Highway 1, approximately 23miles south of Big Sur, 3 miles north of Gorda and 3 miles west of Fort Hunter Liggett. (T23S,R5E,SEC.16)Size: 5, 830 acresContainment: 8/2/00Fatalities: 0Structures Lost: 0Cost: $5.7 million
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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Montana, July 22, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 2000
- Wildfire in Washington, July 22, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2000
- Wildfire in California, July 22 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 22, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 22, 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: 5150465.