49DOF68TH Fire
The 49DOF68TH Fire burned 16,500 acres in Florida, in 2000. It was discovered on April 8, 2000, and contained on April 15, 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 16,500 acres
- Discovered
- April 8, 2000
- Contained
- April 15, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,355 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.091, -81.543.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,355 acres
- Discovered
- April 8, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 9, 2000
- Contained
- April 15, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2609508155220000409
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000FLFPR4229
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merritt Fire | 15,627 | Apr 13, 2000 | Human |
| Holeyland Fire | 14,000 | May 27, 2000 | Human |
| Alley Fire | 8,000 | Jan 12, 2000 | |
| Long Bay Fire | 6,679 | May 4, 2000 | Human |
| Benton Fire | 6,179 | Mar 4, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,921 | Jan 16, 2000 | |
| Flowers (Carlton Reserve) Fire | 5,837 | May 14, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,737 | Feb 9, 2000 | |
| 41SOUTH Fire | 4,500 | Dec 7, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,200 | Jun 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,100 | Feb 24, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Apr 1, 2000 | Human |
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.