Brickyard Fire
The Brickyard Fire burned 1,351 acres in Liberty County, Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on March 24, 2009, and contained on March 24, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,351 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2009
- Contained
- March 24, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,404 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.966, -84.979.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,351 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,404 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,346 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2009, 2:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 24, 2009, 11:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Liberty County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2997508498420090324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1481562
- Note on the perimeter
- Caused by a vehicle on Hwy 65. A boat trailer being towed lost a wheel and sparks from the axle started fire.
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
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.