No Go Fire
The No Go Fire burned 1,712 acres in Florida, in 2012. It was discovered on February 23, 2012, and contained on March 6, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,712 acres
- Discovered
- February 23, 2012
- Contained
- March 6, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,560 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.569, -80.896.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,712 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,560 acres
- Discovered
- February 23, 2012
- Contained
- March 6, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2856108089320120223
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012FLSJRGM6L
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 |
| Wah Fire | 1,425 | Jul 6, 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.