Wildfires of 2000

41SOUTH Fire

2000FloridaWildfire

The 41SOUTH Fire burned 4,500 acres in Florida, in 2000. It was discovered on December 7, 2000.

Size
4,500 acres
Discovered
December 7, 2000
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 25.944, -81.475.

The record

Reported final size
4,500 acres
Discovered
December 7, 2000, 12:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Undetermined
State
Florida
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2000FLFPR4533

Other large fires in Florida in 200012

FireAcresStartCause
49DOF68TH Fire16,500Apr 8, 2000Human
Merritt Fire15,627Apr 13, 2000Human
Holeyland Fire14,000May 27, 2000Human
Alley Fire8,000Jan 12, 2000
Long Bay Fire6,679May 4, 2000Human
Benton Fire6,179Mar 4, 2000Human
Unnamed Fire5,921Jan 16, 2000
Flowers (Carlton Reserve) Fire5,837May 14, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire4,737Feb 9, 2000
Unnamed Fire4,200Jun 24, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire4,100Feb 24, 2000Human
Unnamed Fire4,000Apr 1, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 Florida fire history

Nearby

Sources

Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.