Wildfires of 1996

Unnamed Fire

1996Okeechobee County, FloridaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire15,000Mar 24, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire9,416Jan 24, 1996
Unnamed Fire5,500Jun 18, 1996Natural
Unnamed Fire3,790May 20, 1996
East Marsh Fire3,542Jan 25, 1996
Unnamed Fire3,416Apr 2, 1996
Unnamed Fire3,343Feb 27, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire3,173Jan 24, 1996
Major 1 Fire3,149May 14, 1996Human
Card Sound Fire3,040Mar 4, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire2,835Dec 9, 1996
Unnamed Fire2,708Oct 27, 1996

Every fire of 1996 Florida fire history

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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.