Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,259 acres in Baker County, Florida, in 2006. It was discovered on May 28, 2006, and contained on June 2, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to May 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,259 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2006
- Contained
- June 2, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,514 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.362, -82.387.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,259 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,514 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,273 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2006, 1:13 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 27, 2006
- Contained
- June 2, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Baker County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3037708236620060527
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1437148
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- FIRE IN WSA. TYPE 1 TEAM ASSUMED COMMAND 5/30-6/2. TYPE 3(LOCAL) FROM 6/3-6/12, MONITORED UNTIL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON 7/28-31.
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.