Wildfires of 2006

Unnamed Fire

2006Osceola County, FloridaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,585 acres in Osceola County, Florida, in 2006. It was discovered on May 6, 2006, and contained on May 30, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,585 acres
Discovered
May 6, 2006
Contained
May 30, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,444 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.143, -81.164.

The record

Reported final size
1,585 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,444 acres
Discovered
May 6, 2006, 3:45 p.m. local time
Contained
May 30, 2006, 9:37 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Florida
County
Osceola County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
FL2814808116020060506
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2006FLFLS2006120421

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

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.