Hillsboro Canal Fire
The Hillsboro Canal Fire burned 4,000 acres in Florida, in 2004. It was discovered on July 12, 2004, and contained on July 13, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2004
- Contained
- July 13, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,464 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.425, -80.409.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,464 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2004, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 13, 2004, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2640808041520040712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004FLLXRA7RZ
- Note on the perimeter
- Standing water/high moisture/flooding
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.