Juniper Springs Fire
The Juniper Springs Fire burned 10,022 acres in Marion County, Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on March 10, 2009, and contained on April 1, 2009. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 10,022 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 2009
- Contained
- April 1, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,360 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.192, -81.697.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,022 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,360 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,163 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 2009, 1:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 1, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Florida
- County
- Marion County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2922708169720090310
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1476273
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- 3/10:ICT3-M.Clere/Ploski(T)w/E522;TechSpec-Drayton;UTV-P.Hart;Masters/Brush Truck;TPOP-Whittington w/L2;TPOP-Thompson w/S2;FG1 HMGB-Coates;HEB2-Vinson;FFT1-Strange;PIOF-T.Davis/Christman;AREP-Lint;IADP-Milton/Williams(T);SEC1-Watson/Willett
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.