Wildfire, San Saba
- When
- September 5, 6:00 PM CST to September 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County, 15 mi SW of San Saba
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.155, -98.818 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Texas, September 5 to 6, 2000
A grassfire started by lightning in southwest San Saba County on the evening of the 5th quickly spread into southeast McCulloch County. The fire was contained by the evening of the 6th, but not before 6500 acres of grassland was burned and hundreds of miles of fencing destroyed.
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
- $15,000
- 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 SJT wrote it up.
A grassfire started by lightning in southwest San Saba County on the evening of the 5th quickly spread into southeast McCulloch County. The fire was contained by the evening of the 6th, but not before 6500 acres of grassland was burned and hundreds of miles of fencing destroyed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, McCulloch
- When
- September 5, 11:00 PM CST to September 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 15 mi SE of Brady
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.199, -99.347 (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
- Tropical Storm in Guam, September 5 to 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 5, 2000
- Wildfire and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 5, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 5, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 5, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, September 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, September 5, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 5158139, 5158138.