Sisal Fire
The Sisal Fire burned 1,631 acres in Florida, in 2005. It was discovered on August 21, 2005, and contained on August 23, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,631 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2005
- Contained
- August 23, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,633 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.377, -80.799.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,631 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,633 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2005, 12:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 2005, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-FLEVP-005082
- Fire occurrence record
- W-509345
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | |
| Beetle Fire | 4,385 | Oct 23, 2005 | Human |
| 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 |
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. 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.