Birdon Fire
The Birdon Fire was reported on May 6, 2016 in Collier County, Florida and burned 9,226 acres. It was declared out on May 23, 2016.
- Size
- 9,226 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2016
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 25.946, -81.310.
The incident
- Size
- 9,226 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2016 at 6:00 PM EDT
- Contained
- May 19, 2016 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- May 22, 2016 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- May 23, 2016 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Collier County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Ochopee
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-FLBCP-016028
- IRWIN identifier
- E02BDD3C-CE73-4AE2-8DAE-ADBFBDCBFC1B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Verona Walk, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 12, 2016 at 2:17 PM EDT. Identifier 2016-FLBCP-016028.