Triple S Ranch Fire
The Triple S Ranch Fire burned 765 acres in Okeechobee County, Florida, in 2011. It was discovered on March 14, 2011, and contained on March 14, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 765 acres
- Discovered
- March 14, 2011
- Contained
- March 14, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,358 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.415, -80.754.
The record
- Reported final size
- 765 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,358 acres
- Discovered
- March 14, 2011, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 14, 2011, 11:49 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Okeechobee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2741508075420110314
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011FLFLS2011160242
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.