Gum Bay Fire
The Gum Bay Fire burned 10,458 acres in Franklin County, Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on February 11, 2008, and contained on February 15, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 10,458 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2008
- Contained
- February 15, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,986 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.099, -84.691.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,458 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,986 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2008, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Franklin County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3008008471220080211
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474024
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 |
| 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 | |
| Prairie Fire | 4,018 | Feb 20, 2008 | Human |
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.