Wildfire, Collier
- When
- June 11, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, 20 mi SE of Naples
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Florida, June 11, 1999
A lightning-initiated wildfire burned 2400 acres of sawgrass in eastern Collier County, north of Port of the Island.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 MFL wrote it up.
A lightning-initiated wildfire burned 2400 acres of sawgrass in eastern Collier County, north of Port of the Island.
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 Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 11, 1999
- Hail in Texas, June 11, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11 to 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, June 11, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 11, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 1999
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: 5702069.