Immokalee Ranch Fire
The Immokalee Ranch Fire burned 2,000 acres in Hendry County, Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on April 18, 2011, and contained on April 21, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to April 20, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2011
- Contained
- April 21, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,553 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.333, -81.196.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,553 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 20, 2011
- Contained
- April 21, 2011, 11:03 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Hendry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2633308119620110420
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011FLFLS2011170159
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 |
| Afternoon Fire | 10,423 | Aug 1, 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 |
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.