Wildfire, Burlington
- When
- May 3, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, 2 mi SE of Medford Lakes
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, May 3, 2000
m. EDT.
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 PHI wrote it up.
A wildfire began in an abandoned cranberry bog along the Medford/Shamong Township border around 6 p.m. EDT. The fire spread within 20 feet of backyard play sets in the Woodside Development in Shamong Township before being contained. It was contained about 10 p.m. EDT on the 3rd and burned about 10 acres. Very little precipitation fell across southern New Jersey during the past 10 days. On May 4th, a series of smaller fires occurred in rural sections of southern Camden County. One occurred within two miles of the famous Pine Valley Golf Club.
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.
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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: 5144691.