Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,700 acres in Citrus County, Florida, in 1997. It was discovered on September 17, 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to November 17, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,058 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.810, -82.620.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,058 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 1997
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 17, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Citrus County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2881108262119971117
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_29462
- Note on the perimeter
- Used post scene acquisition date as start of fire
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 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 | 6,000 | Jul 7, 1997 | Natural |
| 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 |
Nearby
Sources
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.