Utah, 2000

Avalanche in Utah, December 14, 2000

December 14, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
1
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.

Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis

When
December 14, 8:00 PM MST to 8:15 PM MST
Where
Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

A 31-year-old man was killed by an avalanche while snowmobiling in the Willard Basin area near the base of Willard Peak. There were 3 other snowmobilers with him, but none of them were injured by the slide.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Avalanche, Ne Box Elder T X Ne/W Weber/Davis2000-12-1431MaleOutside/Open AreasDirect

What these are

Avalanche
A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5178168.