Post Office Bay Fire
The Post Office Bay Fire burned 7,400 acres in Florida, in 1992. It was discovered on May 25, 1992, and contained on May 31, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 7,400 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 1992
- Contained
- May 31, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,947 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.060, -85.010.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,947 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 1992, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 31, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3007108495419920525
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-275267
- 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,906 | Mar 1, 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.