Owl Creek Fire
The Owl Creek Fire burned 2,624 acres in Florida, in 1999. It was discovered on April 12, 1999, and contained on April 30, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,624 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 1999
- Contained
- April 30, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,478 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.168, -84.498.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,624 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,478 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,477 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 30, 1999, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Part of
- Apalachicola Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3015108450519990412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-342162
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. 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.