Afternoon Fire
The Afternoon Fire burned 10,423 acres in Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on August 1, 2011, and contained on August 8, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,423 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2011
- Contained
- August 8, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,628 acres. Point of origin as reported, 25.733, -80.533.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,423 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,628 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2011, 3:31 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Everglades National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2573308053320110801
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-625789
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Fire | 68,295 | Jun 6, 2011 | Natural |
| Jarhead Fire | 38,131 | Apr 26, 2011 | Natural |
| Iron Horse Fire | 17,000 | Feb 28, 2011 | |
| Impassable Bay Fire | 11,025 | Jun 16, 2011 | Natural |
| Shanty Fire | 7,491 | Aug 23, 2011 | Natural |
| Trail 3 Fire | 7,000 | Jun 3, 2011 | Natural |
| 3A North Fire | 7,000 | Aug 18, 2011 | Natural |
| North Fire | 5,878 | Jun 13, 2011 | Natural |
| Sante Fe Fire | 5,679 | Jun 8, 2011 | Natural |
| Espanola Fire | 5,136 | May 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Ocean Bay Fire | 3,810 | Sep 2, 2011 | Natural |
| Truck Trail 1 Fire | 3,701 | Apr 30, 2011 | 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.