Wildfires of 2001

Silver Eagle Fire

2001Lake County, FloridaWildfire

The Silver Eagle Fire burned 1,551 acres in Lake County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on May 26, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,551 acres
Discovered
May 26, 2001
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 28.573, -81.814.

The record

Reported final size
1,551 acres
Discovered
May 26, 2001
Cause
Natural
State
Florida
County
Lake County
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
TFS_FL_94021

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.