Thompson Fire
The Thompson Fire burned 1,000 acres in Lake County, Florida, in 2008. It was discovered on June 13, 2008, and contained on June 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2008
- Contained
- June 17, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,209 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.538, -81.803.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,209 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2008, 4:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 17, 2008, 4:33 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Lake County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2851908180020080613
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008FLFLS2008110616
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.