Lindsey Bay Fire
The Lindsey Bay Fire burned 1,073 acres in Franklin County, Florida, in 2006. It was discovered on July 1, 2006, and contained on July 9, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to June 28, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,073 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2006
- Contained
- July 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,233 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.136, -84.969.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,073 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,233 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,068 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2006, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 28, 2006
- Contained
- July 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Franklin County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3015508488920060628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1446038
- Note on the perimeter
- THIS FIRE STARTED BY LIGHTNING TWO DAYS BEFORE WITH SEVERAL STRUCTURES THEARTENED USFS WORKED TO PUT A LINE AROUND FIRE WITH STATE OF FL DOF AND LIBERTY CO SHERIFF AND FIRE VOLUNTEERS.
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heat Fire | 49,500 | Jun 2, 2006 | Natural |
| Berg Fire | 29,250 | May 9, 2006 | Natural |
| The Deerfly Fire | 16,000 | Jun 20, 2006 | Natural |
| 4 Track Fire | 13,700 | May 7, 2006 | Human |
| Airboat Fire | 12,440 | Jun 20, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,042 | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,771 | Dec 19, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,548 | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,704 | Mar 4, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,373 | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,043 | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| Memorial Day Fire | 8,000 | May 29, 2006 | Natural |
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.