Oak Fire
The Oak Fire burned 20,100 acres in Florida, in 1998. It was discovered on June 2, 1998, and contained on July 17, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 20,100 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 1998
- Contained
- July 17, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,605 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.340, -82.507.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,605 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,546 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 1998, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3032008250219980602
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-330703
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 39,000 | Jun 20, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 26,900 | Jun 20, 1998 | Natural |
| Holiday Fire | 24,602 | May 25, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,753 | Jun 15, 1998 | Human |
| 27 Fire | 10,700 | Aug 1, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,560 | Jun 19, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,240 | Jun 24, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,621 | Feb 19, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,145 | Jul 1, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,052 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,000 | Jun 30, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,000 | May 16, 1998 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.