Wildfire, Carbon
- When
- October 28, 11:00 AM EST to October 29, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon County, Little Gap
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 2000
The recently unseasonably dry weather, the freshly fallen leaves and breezy wind conditions over the weekend led to three brush fires along the Carbon County/Northampton County line. The first occurred on the 28th near Blue Mountain near Lehigh Gap when a camp fire went out of control.
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
- 2
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.
The recently unseasonably dry weather, the freshly fallen leaves and breezy wind conditions over the weekend led to three brush fires along the Carbon County/Northampton County line. The first occurred on the 28th near Blue Mountain near Lehigh Gap when a camp fire went out of control. The second and largest fire occurred the same afternoon near the summit of the Blue Mountain. Most of the fire was on the Lehigh Township (Northampton County) side of the mountain. Nearly twenty fire departments responded. About 10 acres were charred before it was brought under control. The third fire occurred on the 29th along Little Gap Highway in Lower Towamensing Township. It reportedly started from someone burning debris and was brought under control within an hour. No property damage or injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Northampton
- When
- October 28, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northampton County, 1 mi NE of Danielsville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Strong Wind in Maine, October 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 28, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, October 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, October 28 to 29, 2000
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, October 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, October 28 to 30, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, October 28 to 29, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, October 28, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, October 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flood in California, October 28 to 29, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157775, 5157776.