Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,100 acres in Florida, in 1999. It was discovered on July 30, 1999, and contained on August 1, 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to August 12, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 1999
- Contained
- August 1, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,297 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.566, -80.906.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,297 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 1999, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 12, 1999
- Contained
- August 1, 1999, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2857708094319990812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1999FLMIR4583
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
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.