Wildfires of 2007

Unnamed Fire

2007Flagler County, FloridaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 6,575 acres in Flagler County, Florida, in 2007. It was discovered on May 1, 2007, and contained on July 11, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to May 2, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
6,575 acres
Discovered
May 1, 2007
Contained
July 11, 2007
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,341 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.274, -81.164.

The record

Reported final size
6,575 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
6,341 acres
Discovered
May 1, 2007, 2:06 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
May 2, 2007
Contained
July 11, 2007, 2:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Florida
County
Flagler County
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Part of
Deland Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
FL2929708122320070502
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2007FLFLS2007100425
Note on the perimeter
Upland Evergreen and Wet Mixed

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

FireAcresStartCause
Bugaboo Fire124,590
Bicy Complex63,599May 7, 2007Natural
Moonshine Bay Fire43,562Feb 25, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire39,000Apr 16, 2007Human
Frog Light Fire23,250May 28, 2007Human
Mfc South Fire23,096Aug 17, 2007Natural
Mid Rest Fire21,151
Balsa Fire18,027May 7, 2007Natural
Unnamed Fire14,626May 7, 2007Human
Darkness Fire12,200Apr 7, 2007Human
Aprils Fools Fire11,600Apr 1, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire9,271Feb 21, 2007

Every fire of 2007 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.