Burns Lake Fire
The Burns Lake Fire burned 1,885 acres in Florida, in 2007. It was discovered on April 18, 2007, and contained on May 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,885 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2007
- Contained
- May 6, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,825 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.233, -81.233.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,885 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,825 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,858 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 6, 2007, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLBCP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-FLBCP-000023
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2589108120520070418
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-548648
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | ||
| Balsa Fire | 18,027 | May 7, 2007 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.