RX Burn S J 1 Fire
The RX Burn S J 1 Fire burned 2,530 acres in Florida, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to December 14, 1987.
- Size
- 2,530 acres
- Ignition
- December 14, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,530 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 28.562, -80.875.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,530 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 14, 1987
- State
- Florida
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2856208087519871214
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- High moisture within burn perimeter
Other large fires in Florida in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,449 | Aug 27, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,770 | Jan 15, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,761 | Jan 15, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,514 | Mar 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,285 | Aug 4, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,265 | Mar 20, 1987 | |
| 41 SOUTH1 Fire | 2,203 | Mar 4, 1987 | |
| RX Burn 4 2 Fire | 1,666 | Apr 11, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,575 | Jan 15, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,529 | Aug 4, 1987 | |
| RX Burn 71 B Fire | 1,526 | Apr 7, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,458 | May 7, 1987 |
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. 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.