Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 7,000 acres in Broward County, Florida, in 1998. It was discovered on May 16, 1998. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 7,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.284, -80.676.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 1998
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Broward County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_34487
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
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.