Cliff Lake Fire
The Cliff Lake Fire burned 2,367 acres in Florida, in 2000. It was discovered on April 26, 2000, and contained on May 1, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,367 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2000
- Contained
- May 1, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,220 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.157, -84.945.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,367 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,220 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,311 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 1, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3016208493020000426
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-359035
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 |
| 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 |
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.