Wildfire in Florida, May 25 to 31, 1998

Name: Wildfire in Florida, May 25 to 31, 1998
Start: 1998-05-25T12:00
End: 1998-05-31T23:59
Location: Florida

May 25 to 31, 1998 · NWS TAE · 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: 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.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Wakulla

When: May 25, 12:00 PM EST to May 31, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Wakulla County, Southwest Portion
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates: 30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning sparked wild fires in the Wakulla Ranger District of the 50,000-acre Apalachicola National Forest, at the junction of Forest Service Roads 348 and 329 (SE corner of Bradwell Bay). Hot, dry conditions, along with occasionally gusty, shifting winds have complicated the firefighting efforts. By midnight Sunday, May 31, wild fires consumed nearly 2,800 acres. No homes or other structures have been threatened. Over 180 firefighters from federal, state, and local departments were called to action. Leon County supported the efforts of the Division of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, and the Wakulla County fire departments.

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: 5645239.