Pepper Fire
The Pepper Fire burned 1,538 acres in Florida, in 2010. It was discovered on July 15, 2010, and contained on August 13, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,538 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2010
- Contained
- August 13, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 781 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.529, -80.709.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,538 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 781 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2010, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 13, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2853308069820100715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010FLMIRFLH5
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 |
| 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 | |
| Salt Springs 16 Fire | 1,221 | Jun 28, 2010 | Natural |
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.