Wildfire in Missouri, April 5, 2000

Name: Wildfire in Missouri, April 5, 2000
Start: 2000-04-05T11:30
End: 2000-04-05T15:00
Location: Missouri

April 5, 2000 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Butler

When: April 5, 11:30 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Butler County, 15 mi NW of Poplar Bluff
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Very low relative humidity and gusty northwest winds caused rapidly-spreading woods fires in the Mark Twain National Forest. One of the largest fires burned about 130 acres near the intersection of Butler County Road 429 and PP Highway. A Red Flag Warning was in effect due to the anticipated dangerous burning conditions.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5137807.