Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 6,000 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 1997. It was discovered on July 7, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.356, -80.467.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_29183
Other large fires in Florida in 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oh No Fire | 41,000 | Feb 22, 1997 | Human |
| Rescue Fire | 11,000 | Apr 6, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,063 | Mar 8, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,804 | Jan 26, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,537 | May 7, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,448 | Feb 16, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,376 | Jan 26, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,300 | May 5, 1997 | Human |
| Lw M 1 Fire | 3,275 | Jan 21, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,620 | May 7, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,145 | Mar 8, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,933 | Jan 31, 1997 |
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.