Welcome Command Fire
The Welcome Command Fire burned 1,175 acres in Polk County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on February 26, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,175 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 27.755, -81.883.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,175 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_74438
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 |
| Stagecoach Complex | 10,119 | Feb 15, 2001 | Human |
| Section 3 Fire | 9,009 | Jun 25, 2001 | Natural |
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.