County Line Fire
The County Line Fire burned 34,936 acres in Columbia County, Florida, in 2012. It was discovered on April 5, 2012, and contained on September 5, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 34,936 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2012
- Contained
- September 5, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 35,434 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.452, -82.457.
The record
- Reported final size
- 34,936 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 35,434 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 34,900 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Columbia County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Florida
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- FLFNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL3054908246520120405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1506928
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning Fire Located South of Hwy 2 in Pinhook Swamp.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Wah Fire | 1,425 | Jul 6, 2012 | 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.