Wildfire, Routt
- When
- July 17, 2:00 PM MST to July 20, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Routt County, 20 mi N of Steamboat Spgs
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 40.485, -106.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, July 17 to 20, 2000
Lightning ignited a fire in the Routt National Forest. The fire consumed 10 acres of trees which had been blown over during a previous winter event.
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
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
Lightning ignited a fire in the Routt National Forest. The fire consumed 10 acres of trees which had been blown over during a previous winter event. The fire was in a remote area and required the use of air tankers and helicopters to extinguish 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 Mississippi, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 17, 2000
- Flood in Maine, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in New Mexico, July 17, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 17, 2000
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 17, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, July 17, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 17 to 19, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, 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: 5155235.