Beach Fire
The Beach Fire burned 1,106 acres in Brevard County, Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on May 12, 2008, and contained on May 21, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,106 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2008
- Contained
- May 21, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,438 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.951, -80.693.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,106 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,438 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2008, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2008, 11:18 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- County
- Brevard County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Brevard Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2794608068220080512
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008FLFLS2008120273
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustang Corner Fire | 39,465 | May 14, 2008 | Human |
| Myakka Cut Fire | 38,000 | May 2, 2008 | Human |
| Gum Bay Fire | 10,458 | Feb 11, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,129 | Mar 21, 2008 | |
| Deep Lake Fire | 8,330 | Jun 10, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,266 | Jan 25, 2008 | |
| San Filippo Fire | 6,981 | May 12, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,044 | Jan 25, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,603 | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,953 | Mar 17, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,479 | Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,072 | Mar 17, 2008 |
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.