Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 12,000 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 2001. It was discovered on June 12, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to November 6, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 12,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,717 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.313, -80.515.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,717 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2001
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 6, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2631708059820011106
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_FL_88181
- Note on the perimeter
- Used post scene acquisition date as start of fire
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 |
| 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
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.