Crater Hill Fire
The Crater Hill Fire was reported on May 30, 2017 in Polk County, Florida and burned 2,200 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 30, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 27.700, -81.289.
The incident
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 30, 2017 at 7:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 15 Miles NE of Avon Park
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- USAF
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLAPQ-017045
- IRWIN identifier
- F9A7AFD0-ECE7-4285-85EE-E97D899FE57B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Avon Park, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Avon Park, FL15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Frostproof, FL15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Sebring, FL17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Babson Park, FL17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crooked Lake Park, FL20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Wales, FL23 miles northwest 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 June 7, 2017 at 10:03 AM EDT. Identifier 2017-FLAPQ-017045.