Wildfire, Atlantic
- When
- March 5, 12:45 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, Somers Pt
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, March 5, 2000
A fast moving brush fire, exacerbated by strong gusty northwest winds, forced the evacuation of an apartment complex in Somers Point and the closure of the Garden State Parkway for 80 minutes. m.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A fast moving brush fire, exacerbated by strong gusty northwest winds, forced the evacuation of an apartment complex in Somers Point and the closure of the Garden State Parkway for 80 minutes. The fire started as a grass fire on Hoter Avenue in Somers Point shortly before 1 p.m. EST. It spread into the meadow grass and the strong gusty northwest winds extended it beyond the Garden State Parkway. The fire came dangerously close to three buildings in the Somers Point Village Apartments before it was extinguished at 247 p.m. EST. About 15 acres were burned. The same day at about 4 p.m. EST another small brush fire occurred at the site of a proprosed recreation center in Brick Township in Ocean County. It was extingusihed in 15 minutes. The peak wind gust at the Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona was 33 mph.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 5 to 7, 2000
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, March 5 to 6, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, March 5, 2000
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 5, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, March 5 to 7, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, March 5 to 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 5 to 6, 2000
More
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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: 5134820.