Stagecoach Complex
The Stagecoach Complex burned 10,119 acres in Polk County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on February 15, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to February 22, 2001. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 10,119 acres
- Discovered
- February 15, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,069 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.208, -81.781.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,119 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,069 acres
- Discovered
- February 15, 2001
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 22, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Stagecoach Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2825108174620010222
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_74078
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland; Use NBR.
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
| 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 |
| Park Fire | 17,000 | Apr 15, 2001 | Human |
| 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 |
| Section 3 Fire | 9,009 | Jun 25, 2001 | Natural |
| Joe Jr Fire | 8,500 | Mar 9, 2001 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.