Wildfire in Washington, July 22, 2000

Name: Wildfire in Washington, July 22, 2000
Start: 2000-07-22T12:00
End: 2000-07-22T12:00
Location: Washington

July 22, 2000 · NWS OTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3.3 million
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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Okanogan

When: July 22, 12:00 PM PST
Where: Okanogan County, 4 mi SE of Oroville
Property damage: $3.3 million
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 48.549, -119.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The "Rocky Hull" wildfire, which was sparked by lightning several days earlier and fanned by gusty winds, destroyed thirty-three homes in the Mount Hull area. One man suffered a heart attack and died while trying to, according to a newspaper article, "help his fellow residents" against the fire. The indicated cost of this fire only reflects property damage and does not include the roughly $4 million price tag of fighting the fire. The fire burned 9,375 acres.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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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: 5151352.