Wildfires of 2001

Littlecezr Fire

2001FloridaWildfire

The Littlecezr Fire burned 11,760 acres in Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on April 23, 2001, and contained on April 27, 2001. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
11,760 acres
Discovered
April 23, 2001
Contained
April 27, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 11,771 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.356, -80.467.

The record

Reported final size
11,760 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
11,771 acres
Discovered
April 23, 2001, 3:00 p.m. local time
Contained
April 27, 2001, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Florida
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Everglades National Park
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
FLEVP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2001-FLEVP-000018
Fire occurrence record
W-232025
Note on the perimeter
From WFMI

The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.

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
Unnamed Fire10,500Feb 25, 2001Human
Stagecoach Complex10,119Feb 15, 2001Human
Section 3 Fire9,009Jun 25, 2001Natural
Joe Jr Fire8,500Mar 9, 2001Human

Every fire of 2001 Florida fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.