South Road Fire
The South Road Fire burned 777 acres in Hernando County, Florida, in 2013. It was discovered on March 29, 2013, and contained on April 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 777 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013
- Contained
- April 12, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,044 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.571, -82.578.
The record
- Reported final size
- 777 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,044 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013, 1:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 12, 2013, 4:24 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Florida
- County
- Hernando County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Florida Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- FL2857008259320130329
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013FLFLS2013110170
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 |
| May Day Fire | 900 | May 1, 2013 | Human |
| Buck #1 Fire | 819 | Jan 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.