Wildfire in Florida, May 14 to 31, 2000

Name: Wildfire in Florida, May 14 to 31, 2000
Start: 2000-05-14T20:00
End: 2000-05-31T21:00
Location: Florida

May 14 to 31, 2000 · NWS TBW · 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, Sarasota

When: May 14, 8:00 PM EST to May 31, 9:00 PM EST
Where: Sarasota County, 6 mi ENE of Venice
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning ignited a wildfire that consumed nearly 7,000 acres of brush and scrub trees along a rural and sparsely populated strip of Interstate 75 between exits 33 and 34 in the Carlton Reserve of southern Sarasota county. The wildfire forced closure of Interstate 75 between exits 33 and 34 twice for a total of nearly 36 hours.

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 Florida in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, May 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: 5146833.