Bent Gate Fire
The Bent Gate Fire burned 2,500 acres in Brevard County, Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on March 9, 2009, and contained on March 13, 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to March 10, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2009
- Contained
- March 13, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,409 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.600, -80.897.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,409 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2009, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 10, 2009
- Contained
- March 13, 2009, 2:58 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Brevard County
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2861908090920090310
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2009-FLFLS2009120163
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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,357 | Jul 28, 2009 | |
| Monroe Station Fire | 2,208 | Jan 30, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,193 | Jan 11, 2009 | |
| 2A South Fire | 2,000 | Jun 3, 2009 | Natural |
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.