Beetle Fire
The Beetle Fire burned 4,385 acres in Florida, in 2005. It was discovered on October 23, 2005, and contained on October 27, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,385 acres
- Discovered
- October 23, 2005
- Contained
- October 27, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,765 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.217, -84.983.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,385 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,765 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,386 acres
- Discovered
- October 23, 2005, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 27, 2005, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3018808496720051023
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1429204
- Note on the perimeter
- A SMALL DISTRICT IMT WAS PUT INTO PLACE TO MANAGE THIS FIRE. TO MINIMIZE RESOURCE DAMAGE A BURNOUT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS TO LIMIT THE IMPACTS.
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,544 | Jan 25, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,569 | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,487 | Feb 7, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,381 | May 13, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,368 | Feb 22, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,829 | Apr 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,407 | Jan 21, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,039 | Jan 24, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,817 | May 13, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,312 | Jan 20, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,140 | Apr 29, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,728 | Mar 19, 2005 |
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.