Wildfires of 2012

Unnamed Prescribed Fire

2012Santa Rosa County, FloridaPrescribed fire

The Unnamed Prescribed Fire burned 962 acres in Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 2012. It was discovered on October 25, 2012, and contained on October 26, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to March 12, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
962 acres
Discovered
October 25, 2012
Contained
October 26, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,302 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.456, -86.690.

The record

Reported final size
962 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,302 acres
Discovered
October 25, 2012, 7:24 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
March 12, 2012
Contained
October 26, 2012, 12:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Florida
County
Santa Rosa County
Land ownership at origin
Other Federal
Reporting unit
Eglin Air Force Base
Agency
Department of Defense
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
FL3046608673520120312
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2009_FL-EAQ-130001

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
The 1475 Fire2,088May 25, 2012Human
Baldwin Bay 2 (16) Fire1,803Mar 19, 2012Natural
No Go Fire1,712Feb 23, 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.