Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,100 acres in Okeechobee County, Florida, in 1996. It was discovered on February 9, 1996. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 27.520, -81.030.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Florida
- County
- Okeechobee County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_58642
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
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.