Park Fire
The Park Fire burned 17,000 acres in Okeechobee County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on April 15, 2001. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 17,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 27.548, -81.147.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Florida
- County
- Okeechobee County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_75818
Other large fires in Florida in 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 57,200 | May 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Uncle Joe's Command Fire | 38,100 | Feb 5, 2001 | Human |
| Markham Park Fire | 25,000 | Jun 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Bearisland Fire | 24,315 | May 16, 2001 | Human |
| Mallory Swamp Fire | 20,000 | May 15, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,700 | Jun 5, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Jun 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Littlecezr Fire | 11,760 | Apr 23, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,500 | Feb 25, 2001 | Human |
| Stagecoach Complex | 10,119 | Feb 15, 2001 | Human |
| Section 3 Fire | 9,009 | Jun 25, 2001 | Natural |
| Joe Jr Fire | 8,500 | Mar 9, 2001 | 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.