Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 600 acres in Sarasota County, Florida, in 1994. It was discovered on May 4, 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to May 26, 1994. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 600 acres
- Discovered
- May 4, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,477 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.160, -82.330.
The record
- Reported final size
- 600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,477 acres
- Discovered
- May 4, 1994
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 26, 1994
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Sarasota County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2717708235619940526
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_67431
- Note on the perimeter
- woody wetlands pasture hay shrub scrub
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holyland Fire | 17,000 | Jun 11, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,000 | Jul 6, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,720 | May 13, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,241 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,803 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,443 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,296 | Aug 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,655 | Nov 7, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,545 | Nov 7, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,524 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,225 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,094 | Feb 3, 1994 |
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.