Broad River RX
The Broad River RX burned 2,740 acres in Florida, in 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to October 31, 2008.
- Size
- 2,740 acres
- Ignition
- October 31, 2008
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,740 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 25.507, -81.097.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,740 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 31, 2008
- State
- Florida
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2551308109020081031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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. 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.