E112 Fire
The E112 Fire burned 5,948 acres in Florida, in 1995. It was discovered on April 4, 1995, and contained on May 6, 1995. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,948 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 1995
- Contained
- May 6, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 5,218 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.435, -80.656.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,948 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,218 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 1995, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 6, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1995-FLEVP-009513
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231515
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,475 | Feb 22, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,800 | Jul 8, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,567 | May 2, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,551 | Jun 19, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,729 | Feb 22, 1995 | |
| West Side Fire | 3,600 | Jul 9, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,200 | Aug 20, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,100 | Apr 2, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,897 | Nov 10, 1995 | |
| RX Sj 1 Fire | 2,483 | Jan 12, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,215 | Mar 19, 1995 | |
| RX T 24 D Fire | 2,205 | Feb 22, 1995 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.