Benton Fire
The Benton Fire burned 6,179 acres in Florida, in 2000. It was discovered on March 4, 2000, and contained on March 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 6,179 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 2000
- Contained
- March 9, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,715 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.462, -82.603.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,179 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,715 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 2000, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 9, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3041208254320000304
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-346034
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49DOF68TH Fire | 16,500 | Apr 8, 2000 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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.