Wildfire, Lee
- When
- February 23, 2:40 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Lehigh Acres
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Florida, February 23, 2000
Brush fires destroyed five homes, damaged a dozen others and seered 600 acres in Lehigh Acres. The fires ignited near Inez and Joan Avenues and spread to Sunshine Boulevard in Lehigh Acres.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $750,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Brush fires destroyed five homes, damaged a dozen others and seered 600 acres in Lehigh Acres. The fires ignited near Inez and Joan Avenues and spread to Sunshine Boulevard in Lehigh Acres. Four homes were destroyed on 4th, 7th and 9th Streets east of Terry Avenue in Lehigh Acres. A fifth home was destroyed by fire near Alexander Graham Bell and Jaguar Boulevards in Lehigh Acres.
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
- Hail in Missouri, February 23, 2000
- Flood in Ohio, February 23, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 23, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, February 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 23 to 24, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, February 23 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 23, 2000
- Flooding in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 23 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 2000
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: 5134204.