Wildfire, Ravalli
- When
- August 6, 3:00 PM MST to August 31, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ravalli County, Sula
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 46.082, -114.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Montana, August 6 to 31, 2000
Dry lightning and strong winds started fires which spread into urban areas of southern Ravalli County. Structural damage from fires occurred from August 6 to the 8th, but fires raged to the end of the month with a total of 335,356 acres burned in Ravalli County alone.
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 MSO wrote it up.
Dry lightning and strong winds started fires which spread into urban areas of southern Ravalli County. Structural damage from fires occurred from August 6 to the 8th, but fires raged to the end of the month with a total of 335,356 acres burned in Ravalli County alone. Total damage to residences and cabins was 64, with 5 partially damaged. A total of 164 outbuildings were damaged with 3 partially damaged. 87 vehicles were totally damaged with 7 partially damaged.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Montana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, 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: 5155359.