Monroe Station Fire
The Monroe Station Fire burned 2,208 acres in Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on January 30, 2009, and contained on February 2, 2009. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,208 acres
- Discovered
- January 30, 2009
- Contained
- February 2, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,751 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.861, -81.096.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,208 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,751 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,209 acres
- Discovered
- January 30, 2009, 12:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 2, 2009, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLBCP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-FLBCP-000011
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2585008106220090130
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-584236
- Perimeter map method
- Differential 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.