Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,100 acres in Volusia County, Florida, in 1995. It was discovered on May 11, 1995. MTBS dates its ignition to June 30, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- May 11, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,428 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.170, -81.170.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,428 acres
- Discovered
- May 11, 1995
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 30, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Volusia County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2916608118319950630
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_27981
- Note on the perimeter
- woody wetlands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| E112 Fire | 5,948 | Apr 4, 1995 | Human |
| 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 |
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.