Wildfire, San Juan
- When
- August 5, 4:00 PM MST to August 8, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- San Juan County, 25 mi W of Monticello
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 37.626, -109.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Utah, August 5 to 8, 2000
A lightning sparked wildfire consumed 20 acres.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
A lightning sparked wildfire consumed 20 acres.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, August 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 5, 2000
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 5, 2000
More
Every storm in Utah in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, August 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: 5156929.