North Fire
The North Fire burned 5,878 acres in Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on June 13, 2011, and contained on June 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,878 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2011
- Contained
- June 25, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.242, -81.224.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,878 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,614 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,879 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 25, 2011, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLBCP
- Part of
- Oil Pad Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-FLBCP-000037
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2624308122420110613
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-625601
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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
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.