Balsa Fire
The Balsa Fire burned 18,027 acres in Florida, in 2007. It was discovered on May 7, 2007, and contained on May 29, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to May 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,027 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 2007
- Contained
- May 29, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,265 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.143, -81.608.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,027 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,265 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 6, 2007
- Contained
- May 29, 2007, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2611708159120070506
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2007FLFPRDE04
- 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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugaboo Fire | 124,590 | ||
| Bicy Complex | 63,599 | May 7, 2007 | Natural |
| Moonshine Bay Fire | 43,562 | Feb 25, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 39,000 | Apr 16, 2007 | Human |
| Frog Light Fire | 23,250 | May 28, 2007 | Human |
| Mfc South Fire | 23,096 | Aug 17, 2007 | Natural |
| Mid Rest Fire | 21,151 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 14,626 | May 7, 2007 | Human |
| Darkness Fire | 12,200 | Apr 7, 2007 | Human |
| Aprils Fools Fire | 11,600 | Apr 1, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,271 | Feb 21, 2007 | |
| Maltese Fire | 8,700 | Oct 5, 2007 | 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.