The 1475 Fire
The 1475 Fire burned 2,088 acres in Alachua County, Florida, in 2012. It was discovered on May 25, 2012, and contained on May 26, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,088 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2012
- Contained
- May 26, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,299 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.841, -82.222.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,088 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,299 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2012, 1:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 26, 2012, 5:08 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Florida
- County
- Alachua County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2984108222220120525
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012FLFLS2012080374
- Note on the perimeter
- Best imagery available despite hot spots still being present.
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 |
| 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
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.