Iron Horse Fire
The Iron Horse Fire burned 17,000 acres in Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on February 28, 2011, and contained on March 20, 2011.
- Size
- 17,000 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2011
- Contained
- March 20, 2011
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,225 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.735, -80.966.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,225 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 20, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- 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
- FL2874208096620110228
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011FLMIRF0ZC
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.