Liberty Farm Fire
The Liberty Farm Fire burned 1,100 acres in Florida, in 1992. It was discovered on July 13, 1992, and contained on July 20, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 1992
- Contained
- July 20, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,187 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.022, -84.838.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,187 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 1992, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 1992, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3001508482619920713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-275271
- 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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,479 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,528 | Feb 14, 1992 | |
| Post Office Bay Fire | 7,400 | May 25, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,221 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,934 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,076 | Feb 14, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,050 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,998 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,518 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,285 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,219 | Feb 14, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,942 | Mar 17, 1992 |
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.