Holeyland Fire
The Holeyland Fire burned 14,000 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 2000. It was discovered on May 27, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 14,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.413, -80.745.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2000
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_75032
Other large fires in Florida in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49DOF68TH Fire | 16,500 | Apr 8, 2000 | Human |
| Merritt Fire | 15,627 | Apr 13, 2000 | Human |
| Alley Fire | 8,000 | Jan 12, 2000 | |
| Long Bay Fire | 6,679 | May 4, 2000 | Human |
| Benton Fire | 6,179 | Mar 4, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,921 | Jan 16, 2000 | |
| Flowers (Carlton Reserve) Fire | 5,837 | May 14, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,737 | Feb 9, 2000 | |
| 41SOUTH Fire | 4,500 | Dec 7, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,200 | Jun 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,100 | Feb 24, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Apr 1, 2000 | Human |
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.