North Mars Fire
The North Mars Fire burned 2,734 acres in Florida, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to March 28, 2002.
- Size
- 2,734 acres
- Ignition
- March 28, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,734 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.123, -81.439.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,734 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 28, 2002
- State
- Florida
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2912308143920020328
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 18-std.
Other large fires in Florida in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,800 | May 3, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,835 | May 16, 2002 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,398 | Nov 1, 2002 | |
| Lone Palm Fire | 4,200 | Aug 3, 2002 | Natural |
| Rec Area Command Fire | 4,000 | May 11, 2002 | Human |
| 2 2 B Fire | 1,717 | Mar 25, 2002 | |
| P 15 Bc Fire | 1,711 | Feb 12, 2002 | |
| Sj 3 Fire | 1,660 | Jan 5, 2002 | |
| 2 3 A Fire | 1,638 | Apr 25, 2002 | |
| RX Sj 5 Fire | 1,587 | Nov 16, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,485 | May 3, 2002 | Human |
| W 8 E Fire | 1,402 | Feb 4, 2002 |
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. 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.