Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,343 acres in Florida, in 1996. It was discovered on February 27, 1996, and contained on March 26, 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to March 21, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,343 acres
- Discovered
- February 27, 1996
- Contained
- March 26, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,154 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.407, -80.716.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,343 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,154 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,344 acres
- Discovered
- February 27, 1996, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 21, 1996
- Contained
- March 26, 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
- Other fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-FLEVP-009620
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2540608071519960321
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231560
- 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 | 3,173 | 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,590 | Jul 23, 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. 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.