Rutski 2 Fire
The Rutski 2 Fire burned 1,089 acres in Florida, in 1998. It was discovered on October 31, 1998, and contained on October 31, 1998. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1998
- Contained
- October 31, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,076 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.528, -80.571.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,089 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,076 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1998, 2:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 31, 1998, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1998-FLEVP-009892
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2554008057319981031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231805
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Oak Fire | 20,100 | Jun 2, 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 |
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.