Wildfires of 1999

DEEPLAKE1 Fire

1999FloridaWildfire

The DEEPLAKE1 Fire burned 2,520 acres in Florida, in 1999. It was discovered on March 18, 1999, and contained on March 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
2,520 acres
Discovered
March 18, 1999
Contained
March 18, 1999
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,522 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.029, -81.263.

The record

Reported final size
2,520 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,522 acres
Discovered
March 18, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local time
Contained
March 18, 1999, 10:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Florida
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Big Cypress National Preserve
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
FLBCP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1999-FLBCP-000024
Fire occurrence record
W-229349
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

FireAcresStartCause
State Fire158,000Apr 19, 1999Human
Friendly Fire69,060May 21, 1999Natural
Burnout Fire27,000May 25, 1999Natural
Unnamed Fire12,924Jan 16, 1999
Unnamed Fire12,507Feb 17, 1999
Max Fish Camp Fire10,000May 18, 1999Natural
Unnamed Fire8,797Feb 17, 1999
Unnamed Fire7,417Aug 1, 1999
Unnamed Fire7,407Mar 5, 1999
Unnamed Fire6,948Feb 1, 1999
Cow House Fire6,675Apr 15, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire5,000Mar 14, 1999

Every fire of 1999 Florida fire history

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.