Star Grove Fire
The Star Grove Fire burned 1,121 acres in Florida, in 1996. It was discovered on May 8, 1996, and contained on May 12, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,121 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1996
- Contained
- May 12, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,497 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.540, -80.591.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,121 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,497 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 12, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- 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
- 1996-FLEVP-009647
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231587
- 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 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 |
| Card Sound Fire | 3,040 | Mar 4, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,835 | Dec 9, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,708 | Oct 27, 1996 |
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.