West Side Fire
The West Side Fire burned 3,600 acres in Florida, in 1995. It was discovered on July 9, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.500, -80.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1995, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1995FLLXR4060
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 | |
| 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
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.