Wildfires of 2005

Road 305 Fire

2005Puerto RicoWildfire

The Road 305 Fire burned 1,300 acres in Puerto Rico, in 2005. It was discovered on February 28, 2005, and contained on March 3, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,300 acres
Discovered
February 28, 2005
Contained
March 3, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 17.983, -67.133.

The record

Reported final size
1,300 acres
Discovered
February 28, 2005, 1:45 p.m. local time
Contained
March 3, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Puerto Rico
Land ownership at origin
Other Federal
Reporting unit
Caribbean Island Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005PRCIR0010

Other large fires in Puerto Rico in 20054

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire2,702Feb 27, 2005
Unnamed Fire1,890Jan 28, 2005
Campamento Santiago Fire1,200Feb 3, 2005
Pista De Salinas Carr 3 Fire1,138Jan 28, 2005

Every fire of 2005 Puerto Rico fire history

Sources

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.