Huckabee Fire
The Huckabee Fire burned 20,300 acres in Florida, in 2013. It was discovered on March 29, 2013, and contained on April 9, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to March 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 20,300 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013
- Contained
- April 9, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,708 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.091, -81.281.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,708 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,267 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013, 1:32 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 12, 2013
- Contained
- April 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Florida
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Cypress National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- FLBCP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-FLBCP-000012
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2610108128120130312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-652733
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holey Land 1 Fire | 9,200 | May 13, 2013 | Natural |
| Low Key Fire | 5,100 | Mar 5, 2013 | Human |
| Center Fire | 2,349 | Apr 1, 2013 | Natural |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.