Wildfires of 2006

Chekika Wf Fire

2006FloridaWildfire

The Chekika Wf Fire burned 1,067 acres in Florida, in 2006. It was discovered on June 5, 2006, and contained on June 8, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,067 acres
Discovered
June 5, 2006
Contained
June 8, 2006
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,312 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.616, -80.575.

The record

Reported final size
1,067 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,312 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,068 acres
Discovered
June 5, 2006, 1:45 p.m. local time
Contained
June 8, 2006, 9:00 a.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
2006-FLEVP-006046
MTBS fire identifier
FL2561508056620060605
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-521145
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 200612

FireAcresStartCause
The Heat Fire49,500Jun 2, 2006Natural
Berg Fire29,250May 9, 2006Natural
The Deerfly Fire16,000Jun 20, 2006Natural
4 Track Fire13,700May 7, 2006Human
Airboat Fire12,440Jun 20, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire12,042Apr 25, 2006
Unnamed Fire11,771Dec 19, 2006
Unnamed Fire10,548Jan 31, 2006
Unnamed Fire9,704Mar 4, 2006
Unnamed Fire9,373Jan 25, 2006
Unnamed Fire9,043Feb 28, 2006
Memorial Day Fire8,000May 29, 2006Natural

Every fire of 2006 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.