Cattle Trail Fire
The Cattle Trail Fire burned 1,000 acres in Polk County, Florida, in 2012. It was discovered on June 4, 2012, and contained on June 4, 2012. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2012
- Contained
- June 4, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 744 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.858, -81.349.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 744 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2012, 12:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 4, 2012, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Polk County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2785808134920120604
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012FLFLS2012140296
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Fire | 34,936 | Apr 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Cinco De Mayo Fire | 10,658 | May 5, 2012 | Human |
| West Holey Lands Fire | 8,100 | May 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Deep Lake Fire | 8,011 | Mar 7, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,959 | May 12, 2012 | |
| Alley 37 North ( 06 ) Fire | 5,100 | Jul 8, 2012 | Natural |
| Yankee Fire | 2,614 | Jan 8, 2012 | Human |
| Snake Road Fire | 2,240 | Jul 4, 2012 | Natural |
| Deer Hammock Fire | 2,100 | Jul 3, 2012 | Natural |
| The 1475 Fire | 2,088 | May 25, 2012 | Human |
| Baldwin Bay 2 (16) Fire | 1,803 | Mar 19, 2012 | Natural |
| No Go Fire | 1,712 | Feb 23, 2012 | 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.