Wildfire, Hawaii
- When
- August 16, 12:40 AM HST to August 17, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, 16 mi WNW of Hilo
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, August 16 to 17, 2000
A brush fire blackened 200 acres of pasture land on the Puu Oo Ranch on the slopes of Mauna Kea in the South Hilo district. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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
- 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 HFO wrote it up.
A brush fire blackened 200 acres of pasture land on the Puu Oo Ranch on the slopes of Mauna Kea in the South Hilo district. No serious injuries or property damage 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
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 16, 2000
- Tornado in Connecticut, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 16, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 16, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, August 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: 5171388.