Wildfires of 2012

The 1475 Fire

2012Alachua County, FloridaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
County Line Fire34,936Apr 5, 2012Natural
Cinco De Mayo Fire10,658May 5, 2012Human
West Holey Lands Fire8,100May 14, 2012Natural
Deep Lake Fire8,011Mar 7, 2012Human
Unnamed Fire5,959May 12, 2012
Alley 37 North ( 06 ) Fire5,100Jul 8, 2012Natural
Yankee Fire2,614Jan 8, 2012Human
Snake Road Fire2,240Jul 4, 2012Natural
Deer Hammock Fire2,100Jul 3, 2012Natural
Baldwin Bay 2 (16) Fire1,803Mar 19, 2012Natural
No Go Fire1,712Feb 23, 2012Natural
Wah Fire1,425Jul 6, 2012Natural

Every fire of 2012 Florida fire history

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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.