Brown Fire
The Brown Fire burned 1,565 acres in Florida, in 1999. It was discovered on May 9, 1999, and contained on May 16, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,565 acres
- Discovered
- May 9, 1999
- Contained
- May 16, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,619 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.423, -80.727.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,565 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,619 acres
- Discovered
- May 9, 1999, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 16, 1999, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- 1999-FLEVP-009940
- Fire occurrence record
- W-231852
- 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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Fire | 158,000 | Apr 19, 1999 | Human |
| Friendly Fire | 69,060 | May 21, 1999 | Natural |
| Burnout Fire | 27,000 | May 25, 1999 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,924 | Jan 16, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,507 | Feb 17, 1999 | |
| Max Fish Camp Fire | 10,000 | May 18, 1999 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,797 | Feb 17, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,417 | Aug 1, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,407 | Mar 5, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,948 | Feb 1, 1999 | |
| Cow House Fire | 6,675 | Apr 15, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Mar 14, 1999 |
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. 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.