Wildfires of 1997

N. River Fire

1997FloridaWildfire

The N. River Fire burned 1,046 acres in Florida, in 1997. It was discovered on August 7, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,046 acres
Discovered
August 7, 1997
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 25.345, -80.872.

The record

Reported final size
1,046 acres
Discovered
August 7, 1997, 4:30 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Florida
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Everglades National Park
Agency
National Park Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-231680

Other large fires in Florida in 199712

FireAcresStartCause
Oh No Fire41,000Feb 22, 1997Human
Rescue Fire11,000Apr 6, 1997Human
Unnamed Fire6,063Mar 8, 1997
Unnamed Fire6,000Jul 7, 1997Natural
Unnamed Fire3,804Jan 26, 1997
Unnamed Fire3,537May 7, 1997
Unnamed Fire3,448Feb 16, 1997
Unnamed Fire3,376Jan 26, 1997
Unnamed Fire3,300May 5, 1997Human
Lw M 1 Fire3,275Jan 21, 1997
Unnamed Fire2,620May 7, 1997
Unnamed Fire2,145Mar 8, 1997

Every fire of 1997 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.