Wildfire, St. Croix
- When
- April 14, 8:00 AM AST to April 15, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 14 to 15, 2000
Approximately 100 acres were burnt by brush fires fueled by dry, windy conditions in St. Croix western end hillsides.
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 SJU wrote it up.
Approximately 100 acres were burnt by brush fires fueled by dry, windy conditions in St. Croix western end hillsides. The fires began in Calqouhoun and spread to cover a a broad area in William's Delight, Queen Louise and Estate Mountain. No homes were destroyed and nobody was injured.
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
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, April 14, 2000
- Tornado in Wyoming, April 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Washington, April 14 to 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, April 14, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, April 14, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Utah, April 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, April 14, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, April 14, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 14, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, April 14, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, April 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, April 14, 2000
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5140636.