Mustang Corner Fire
The Mustang Corner Fire burned 39,465 acres in Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on May 14, 2008, and contained on June 4, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 39,465 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 2008
- Contained
- June 4, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 38,578 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.564, -80.575.
The record
- Reported final size
- 39,465 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 38,578 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 39,424 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 2008, 8:32 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 4, 2008, 7:20 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Other fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-FLEVP-008025
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2560508062520080514
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-575140
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Prairie Fire | 4,018 | Feb 20, 2008 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.