Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,200 acres in Madison County, Florida, in 1992. It was discovered on May 24, 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to July 5, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,916 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.310, -83.480.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,916 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 1992
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 5, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Madison County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3030908345219920705
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_25422
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland use NBR. Cypress
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.