Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,500 acres in Franklin County, Florida, in 2007. It was discovered on April 6, 2007, and contained on April 7, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to April 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2007
- Contained
- April 7, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,608 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.743, -85.129.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,608 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2007, 2:36 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 7, 2007
- Contained
- April 7, 2007, 8:55 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Franklin County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2973008509820070407
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007FLFLS2007040292
- Note on the perimeter
- woody wetland forest -trees may be logged out before the fires so no high severity assigned
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
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.