Red Fox Fire
The Red Fox Fire was reported on March 18, 2017 in Columbia County, Florida and burned 3,008 acres. It was declared out on July 18, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,008 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 18, 2017
- Personnel
- 42
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 30.339, -82.537.
The incident
- Size
- 3,008 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 18, 2017 at 1:08 PM EDT
- Contained
- May 17, 2017 at 4:10 PM EDT
- Declared out
- July 18, 2017 at 9:00 AM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Northeast of Lake City, FL
- County
- Columbia County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Lake City
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 42
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,112,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLFNF-001240
- IRWIN identifier
- 635683FA-5916-4A52-8E4D-95911249EBED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Five Points, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Five Points, FL11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Watertown, FL11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake City, FL12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Wellborn, FL18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Butler, FL25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Macclenny, FL25 miles east of the fire’s origin
Florida wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 16, 2018 at 9:10 AM EST. Identifier 2017-FLFNF-001240.