Wildfires of 2001

Cobb Marsh Fire

2001Osceola County, FloridaWildfire

The Cobb Marsh Fire burned 1,637 acres in Osceola County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on February 10, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,637 acres
Discovered
February 10, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 28.049, -81.358.

The record

Reported final size
1,637 acres
Discovered
February 10, 2001
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Florida
County
Osceola County
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
TFS_FL_75354

Other large fires in Florida in 200112

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire57,200May 12, 2001Natural
Uncle Joe's Command Fire38,100Feb 5, 2001Human
Markham Park Fire25,000Jun 17, 2001Natural
Bearisland Fire24,315May 16, 2001Human
Mallory Swamp Fire20,000May 15, 2001Natural
Park Fire17,000Apr 15, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire14,700Jun 5, 2001Natural
Unnamed Fire12,000Jun 12, 2001Natural
Littlecezr Fire11,760Apr 23, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire10,500Feb 25, 2001Human
Stagecoach Complex10,119Feb 15, 2001Human
Section 3 Fire9,009Jun 25, 2001Natural

Every fire of 2001 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.