Wildfires of 2004

Impassable One Fire

2004FloridaWildfire

The Impassable One Fire burned 34,660 acres in Florida, in 2004. It was discovered on March 7, 2004, and contained on May 10, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
34,660 acres
Discovered
March 7, 2004
Contained
May 10, 2004
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 29,827 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.358, -82.483.

The record

Reported final size
34,660 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
29,827 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
27,571 acres
Discovered
March 7, 2004, 7:01 p.m. local time
Contained
May 10, 2004, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Florida
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
National Forests in Florida
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
FLFNF
Part of
Impassable One Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
FL3042908239320040307
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FS-395744
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data

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

FireAcresStartCause
East Fork Fire26,279Apr 5, 2004Human
The Miccosukee Fire20,200Jul 7, 2004Natural
Unnamed Fire18,572Feb 22, 2004
Unnamed Fire9,401Feb 23, 2004
Unnamed Fire8,515Feb 23, 2004
Rottonberg Fire8,000Apr 25, 2004Human
Unnamed Fire7,664Jan 14, 2004
East Fire7,600Jun 25, 2004Natural
Deeplakerx Fire6,938Jan 22, 2004
Unnamed Fire6,530Mar 2, 2004
Gator Fire6,000May 29, 2004Human
Unnamed Fire5,799Feb 23, 2004

Every fire of 2004 Florida fire history

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. 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.