Wildfire in California, October 1 to 3, 2003

Name: Wildfire in California, October 1 to 3, 2003
Start: 2003-10-01T00:00
End: 2003-10-03T16:00
Location: California

October 1 to 3, 2003 · NWS HNX · 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: $68,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Madera

When: October 1, 12:00 AM PST to October 3, 4:00 PM PST
Where: Madera County, 8 mi SW of Mammoth Mountain
Property damage: $68,000
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates: 37.218, -119.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Cargyle Complex Fire in the high country of the Southern Sierra Nevada in Madera County was lightning ignited on the 3rd of September. It was allowed to burn past containment of 720 acres on the 3rd of October for resource management purposes. No injuries or fatalities were reported with this fire.

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

Every storm in California in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in California, October 2003

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: 5336814.