Bearisland Fire
The Bearisland Fire burned 24,315 acres in Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on May 16, 2001, and contained on May 27, 2001. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 24,315 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2001
- Contained
- May 27, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 24,191 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.189, -81.248.
The record
- Reported final size
- 24,315 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 24,191 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 23,325 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 27, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLBCP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-FLBCP-000038
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2621008119120010516
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-229604
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 57,200 | May 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Uncle Joe's Command Fire | 38,100 | Feb 5, 2001 | Human |
| Markham Park Fire | 25,000 | Jun 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Mallory Swamp Fire | 20,000 | May 15, 2001 | Natural |
| Park Fire | 17,000 | Apr 15, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,700 | Jun 5, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Jun 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Littlecezr Fire | 11,760 | Apr 23, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,500 | Feb 25, 2001 | Human |
| Stagecoach Complex | 10,119 | Feb 15, 2001 | Human |
| Section 3 Fire | 9,009 | Jun 25, 2001 | Natural |
| Joe Jr Fire | 8,500 | Mar 9, 2001 | 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.