Wildfire, Rockingham
- When
- March 10, 12:00 AM EST to March 14, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Rockingham County, West Portion
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 38.512, -78.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Virginia, March 10 to 14, 2000
An arson fire began on the 10th in George Washington National Forest west of Harrisonburg. Because of dry and windy conditions the fire quickly spread, growing to 390 acres before it could be controlled on the 14th.
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
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
An arson fire began on the 10th in George Washington National Forest west of Harrisonburg. Because of dry and windy conditions the fire quickly spread, growing to 390 acres before it could be controlled on the 14th.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 10, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 10 to 11, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, March 10, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 10 to 11, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, March 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: 5136362.