Bluehead Fire
The Bluehead Fire burned 900 acres in Highlands County, Florida, in 2010. It was discovered on February 21, 2010, and contained on March 1, 2010. MTBS dates its ignition to February 18, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2010
- Contained
- March 1, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,209 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.266, -81.495.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,209 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 18, 2010
- Contained
- March 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Highlands County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2726908150320100218
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-FLFLS2010160116
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Forks (5) Fire | 13,000 | Dec 26, 2010 | Human |
| Loxburn 5 Fire | 5,758 | Jul 21, 2010 | |
| Bombing Range Nine 21 Fire | 3,111 | Oct 18, 2010 | Human |
| East Marsh Fire | 2,922 | Jun 8, 2010 | |
| Burnt Island Fire | 2,616 | Dec 21, 2010 | Human |
| Normandy Fire | 2,258 | Dec 16, 2010 | Human |
| Coyote Fire | 1,620 | Jul 25, 2010 | Natural |
| Pepper Fire | 1,538 | Jul 15, 2010 | Natural |
| Compartment D Fire | 1,430 | Apr 14, 2010 | |
| Speedway Two Fire | 1,400 | Feb 17, 2010 | Human |
| Unit 103 Fire | 1,356 | Jul 10, 2010 | |
| West Marsh Fire | 1,304 | Jan 21, 2010 |
Nearby
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.