Levy Prairie Fire
The Levy Prairie Fire burned 1,100 acres in Putnam County, Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on November 28, 2008, and contained on November 30, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- November 28, 2008
- Contained
- November 30, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 950 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.637, -82.020.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 950 acres
- Discovered
- November 28, 2008, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 30, 2008, 11:29 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Putnam County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2964508200220081128
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008FLFLS2008080769
- Note on the perimeter
- transitional barren and shrubs
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.