Hells Bay Fire
The Hells Bay Fire burned 6,175 acres in Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on May 25, 2009, and contained on May 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,175 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2009
- Contained
- May 28, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,481 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.225, -80.900.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,175 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,481 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,951 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2009, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 28, 2009, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLEVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-FLEVP-009029
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2522208088120090525
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-589448
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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 | |
| 2A South Fire | 2,000 | Jun 3, 2009 | Natural |
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.