March Fire
The March Fire burned 1,000 acres in Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on March 29, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,853 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.625, -80.404.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,853 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2001, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2663108039720010329
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2001FLLXR4903
- Note on the perimeter
- herbaceous 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 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 |
| Bearisland Fire | 24,315 | May 16, 2001 | Human |
| 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 |
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.