53 Progress Energy Prescribed Fire
The 53 Progress Energy Prescribed Fire burned 1,600 acres in Polk County, Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on March 4, 2009, and contained on March 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 2009
- Contained
- March 5, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 852 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.793, -81.838.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 852 acres
- Discovered
- March 4, 2009, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 5, 2009, 2:07 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2778108185320090304
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2009-FLFLS2009140156
- Note on the perimeter
- Woody wetland shrubland
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Springs Fire | 10,022 | Mar 10, 2009 | Human |
| Hells Bay Fire | 6,175 | May 25, 2009 | Natural |
| Orlando-Volusia Complex | 4,500 | May 10, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,595 | Aug 6, 2009 | |
| Mid Night Fire | 2,865 | Jun 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,823 | Feb 17, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,578 | Feb 23, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,572 | Jun 22, 2009 | |
| Bent Gate Fire | 2,500 | Mar 9, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,357 | Jul 28, 2009 | |
| Monroe Station Fire | 2,208 | Jan 30, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,193 | Jan 11, 2009 |
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.