Salt Springs 16 Fire
The Salt Springs 16 Fire burned 1,221 acres in Marion County, Florida, in 2010. It was discovered on June 28, 2010, and contained on July 12, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,221 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2010
- Contained
- July 12, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,270 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.313, -81.797.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,221 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,270 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,163 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2010, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 12, 2010, 12:12 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- FL2931108178520100628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1486859
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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
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.