Wildfire, Garfield
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM MST to October 15, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garfield County, 13 mi N of Silt
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.599, -107.904 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, October 1 to 15, 2001
This lightning sparked wildfire, better known as the Deep Creek Point Wildfire, started on September 4, 2001 in a steep and rugged canyon north of Silt. The fire consumed over 750 acres of oak brush and pine trees and was finally extinguished in mid-October after a strong fall storm dropped heavy rain and snow on the area.
Where it happened
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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.
This lightning sparked wildfire, better known as the Deep Creek Point Wildfire, started on September 4, 2001 in a steep and rugged canyon north of Silt. The fire consumed over 750 acres of oak brush and pine trees and was finally extinguished in mid-October after a strong fall storm dropped heavy rain and snow on the area. Please see the September 2001 report of Storm Data for more information.
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
- High Surf in New York, October 1, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Maine, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in New Hampshire, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Pennsylvania, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in New Jersey, October 1 to 31, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 1 to 3, 2001
- Flooding in New Jersey, October 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 2001
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: 5268603.