May Day Fire
The May Day Fire burned 900 acres in Brevard County, Florida, in 2013. It was discovered on May 1, 2013, and contained on May 15, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to May 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- May 1, 2013
- Contained
- May 15, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,428 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.676, -80.733.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,428 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,676 acres
- Discovered
- May 1, 2013, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 12, 2013
- Contained
- May 15, 2013, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- 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
- Unit
- FLMIR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-FLMIR-HEL1
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2867508073220130512
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013FLMIRHE8X
- Note on the perimeter
- Triangle Fire 4/18/2013 1,662acres on FWS Lands This fire started on Merritt Island NWR was human caused. FWS Fire crews were able to keep the fire from spreading on to the public use areas of the refuge. SR 406 and Black Point Wildlife Drive were c
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.