South Marsh 1 Fire
The South Marsh 1 Fire burned 2,965 acres in Florida, in 2003. It was discovered on May 17, 2003, and contained on May 20, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,965 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2003
- Contained
- May 20, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,880 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.047, -81.379.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,965 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,880 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2003, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 20, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2906108141020030517
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003FLLWRD371
- Note on the perimeter
- Wet mixed
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 |
| 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 |
| Ghosttown Fire | 2,161 | Aug 18, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,992 | Nov 27, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,979 | Nov 27, 2003 |
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.