Wildfires of 2009

Unnamed Fire

2009Volusia County, FloridaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,144 acres in Volusia County, Florida, in 2009. It was discovered on May 12, 2009, and contained on May 21, 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to May 13, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,144 acres
Discovered
May 12, 2009
Contained
May 21, 2009
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,329 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.801, -81.008.

The record

Reported final size
1,144 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,329 acres
Discovered
May 12, 2009, 1:36 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
May 13, 2009
Contained
May 21, 2009, 8:39 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Florida
County
Volusia County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Florida Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Part of
Orlando-Volusia Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
FL2881208102920090513
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2009-FLFLS2009100374

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

FireAcresStartCause
Juniper Springs Fire10,022Mar 10, 2009Human
Hells Bay Fire6,175May 25, 2009Natural
Orlando-Volusia Complex4,500May 10, 2009Human
Unnamed Fire3,595Aug 6, 2009
Mid Night Fire2,865Jun 11, 2009Natural
Unnamed Fire2,823Feb 17, 2009
Unnamed Fire2,578Feb 23, 2009
Unnamed Fire2,572Jun 22, 2009
Bent Gate Fire2,500Mar 9, 2009Human
Unnamed Fire2,357Jul 28, 2009
Monroe Station Fire2,208Jan 30, 2009Human
Unnamed Fire2,193Jan 11, 2009

Every fire of 2009 Florida fire history

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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.