Card Sound Fire
The Card Sound Fire burned 3,040 acres in Florida, in 1996. It was discovered on March 4, 1996, and contained on March 9, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,040 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 1996
- Contained
- March 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,382 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.385, -80.482.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,040 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,382 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 1996, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 9, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2538808048219960304
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231561
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland; Use NBR.
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 15,000 | Mar 24, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,416 | Jan 24, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,500 | Jun 18, 1996 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,790 | May 20, 1996 | |
| East Marsh Fire | 3,542 | Jan 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,416 | Apr 2, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,343 | Feb 27, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,173 | Jan 24, 1996 | |
| Major 1 Fire | 3,149 | May 14, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,835 | Dec 9, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,708 | Oct 27, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,590 | Jul 23, 1996 |
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.