The Friday 2 Fire
The Friday 2 Fire burned 2,300 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 2003. It was discovered on July 25, 2003, and contained on July 28, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,300 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2003
- Contained
- July 28, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,537 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.356, -80.644.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,537 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2003, 8:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2003, 10:25 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2635208066020030725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2003FLFLS2003181016
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland; Use NBR; No useable image available sooner.
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 | |
| 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.