Major 1 Fire
The Major 1 Fire burned 3,149 acres in Florida, in 1996. It was discovered on May 14, 1996, and contained on May 26, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,149 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 1996
- Contained
- May 26, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,064 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.242, -81.667.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,149 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,064 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 1996, 9:01 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 26, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2925008167219960514
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-317205
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 | |
| Card Sound Fire | 3,040 | Mar 4, 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.