Bishop RX
The Bishop RX burned 3,669 acres in Florida, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to January 5, 1989.
- Size
- 3,669 acres
- Ignition
- January 5, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,669 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 26.199, -81.264.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,669 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 5, 1989
- State
- Florida
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2619908126519890105
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- herbaceous wetlands grasslands woody wetlands
Other large fires in Florida in 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 90,053 | Jun 22, 1989 | |
| Ingraham Fire | 85,371 | May 17, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 56,858 | Mar 16, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 49,672 | May 21, 1989 | |
| DOF#457 Fire | 36,740 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 19,089 | Apr 19, 1989 | |
| Dof 305 Fire | 17,087 | Apr 8, 1989 | |
| Pin Hook Fire | 16,468 | Apr 26, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 15,991 | Apr 19, 1989 | |
| Walk in Fire | 15,804 | May 25, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,310 | Jun 6, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,294 | Apr 26, 1989 |
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.