Center Fire
The Center Fire burned 2,349 acres in Brevard County, Florida, in 2013. It was discovered on April 1, 2013, and contained on April 19, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,349 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2013
- Contained
- April 19, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,242 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.478, -80.572.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,349 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,242 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2013, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 19, 2013, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Florida
- County
- Brevard County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2846408065320130401
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013FLMIRHD06
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 201311
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckabee Fire | 20,300 | Mar 29, 2013 | Human |
| Holey Land 1 Fire | 9,200 | May 13, 2013 | Natural |
| Low Key Fire | 5,100 | Mar 5, 2013 | Human |
| Hopkins Prairie Fire | 1,918 | Mar 2, 2013 | Human |
| Triangle Fire | 1,662 | Apr 18, 2013 | |
| Texas Block (05) Nov Fire | 1,300 | Dec 5, 2013 | Human |
| 328 Ffs Fire | 1,244 | Apr 3, 2013 | Natural |
| Durrance Fire | 1,118 | Mar 2, 2013 | Human |
| May Day Fire | 900 | May 1, 2013 | Human |
| Buck #1 Fire | 819 | Jan 29, 2013 | Human |
| South Road Fire | 777 | Mar 29, 2013 | Human |
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.