Wildfire, Montezuma
- When
- July 19, 6:30 PM MST to July 31, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Montezuma County, Mesa Verde Natl Park
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 37.338, -108.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, July 19 to 31, 2000
Lightning ignited a fire in Mesa Verde National Park and spread into a portion of the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation which borders the southeast part of the Park. The fire consumed over 23,000 acres of trees and brush.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $40,000
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
Lightning ignited a fire in Mesa Verde National Park and spread into a portion of the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation which borders the southeast part of the Park. The fire consumed over 23,000 acres of trees and brush. Over 1000 firefighters fought 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 Louisiana, July 19, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 19, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19 to 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19 to 20, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, July 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19 to 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 19, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 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: 5155219.