Multiple Pile Fire
The Multiple Pile Fire burned 1,400 acres in Florida, in 2006. It was discovered on June 3, 2006, and contained on June 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2006
- Contained
- June 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,579 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.044, -81.371.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,579 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 9, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2607408160220060603
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006FLFPRCNY1
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands.
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
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.