Swamp Fire
The Swamp Fire burned 1,300 acres in Levy County, Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on April 26, 2011, and contained on June 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,300 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2011
- Contained
- June 15, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,723 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.178, -82.594.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,723 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2011, 3:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 15, 2011, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Levy County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2917908259420110426
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011FLFLS2011080372
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.