Echo Springs Fire
The Echo Springs Fire was reported on May 17, 2017 in Highlands County, Florida and burned 8,800 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 8,800 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 17, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 27.606, -81.270.
The incident
- Size
- 8,800 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 17, 2017 at 4:03 PM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 10 miles east of Avon Park, FL
- County
- Highlands County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Avon Park
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLMIR-2017023
- IRWIN identifier
- 6872DCBE-FDCA-485C-B450-0F287ABD3EAE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sebring, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sebring, FL13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Avon Park, FL14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Frostproof, FL19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Babson Park, FL22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Placid, FL22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Crooked Lake Park, FL25 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 5, 2017 at 11:36 AM EDT. Identifier 2017-FLMIR-2017023.