Dof 301 Fire
The Dof 301 Fire burned 1,700 acres in Florida, in 2004. It was discovered on June 2, 2004, and contained on June 5, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2004
- Contained
- June 5, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,269 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.116, -81.480.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,269 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2004, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 5, 2004, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2611808146520040602
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004FLFPRA4AY
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland.
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impassable One Fire | 34,660 | Mar 7, 2004 | Human |
| East Fork Fire | 26,279 | Apr 5, 2004 | Human |
| The Miccosukee Fire | 20,200 | Jul 7, 2004 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 18,572 | Feb 22, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,401 | Feb 23, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,515 | Feb 23, 2004 | |
| Rottonberg Fire | 8,000 | Apr 25, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,664 | Jan 14, 2004 | |
| East Fire | 7,600 | Jun 25, 2004 | Natural |
| Deeplakerx Fire | 6,938 | Jan 22, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,530 | Mar 2, 2004 | |
| Gator Fire | 6,000 | May 29, 2004 | 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.