Ghosttown Fire
The Ghosttown Fire burned 2,161 acres in Florida, in 2003. It was discovered on August 18, 2003, and contained on August 18, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,161 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2003
- Contained
- August 18, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,154 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.352, -80.551.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,161 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,154 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 2003, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2003, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-FLEVP-003073
- Fire occurrence record
- W-232270
- 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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,900 | May 1, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,886 | Mar 24, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,841 | Dec 11, 2003 | |
| The Refuge Fire | 3,700 | Jun 13, 2003 | Human |
| The Alley Fire | 3,600 | May 19, 2003 | Natural |
| South Marsh 1 Fire | 2,965 | May 17, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,827 | May 11, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,814 | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| Ne Unit 4 Fire | 2,337 | Jun 9, 2003 | |
| The Friday 2 Fire | 2,300 | Jul 25, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,992 | Nov 27, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,979 | Nov 27, 2003 |
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. 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.