The Holyland Fire
The Holyland Fire burned 3,100 acres in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on June 9, 2008, and contained on June 11, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,100 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2008
- Contained
- June 11, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,874 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.417, -80.700.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,874 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2008, 4:16 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 11, 2008, 9:59 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2639508073020080609
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008FLFLS2008180120
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.