Crane Island Fire
The Crane Island Fire was reported on May 13, 2017 in Highlands County, Florida and burned 4,408 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,408 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 27.128, -81.237.
The incident
- Size
- 4,408 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2017 at 3:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Not provided
- County
- Highlands County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $64,912
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLFLS-0160456
- IRWIN identifier
- F3E945A8-6849-459B-B108-5201066DEF08
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Placid Lakes, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Placid Lakes, FL13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Placid, FL14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buckhead Ridge, FL21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Moore Haven, FL22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Okeechobee, FL26 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cypress Quarters, FL27 miles east of the fire’s origin
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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 May 23, 2017 at 9:57 PM EDT. Identifier 2017-FLFLS-0160456.