Rivers Edge Fire
The Rivers Edge Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Brevard County, Florida and burned 6,100 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2017.
- Size
- 6,100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 28.528, -80.709.
The incident
- Size
- 6,100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 6:37 PM EDT
- Contained
- July 13, 2017 at 8:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- July 20, 2017 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2017 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 5 Miles East of Titusville, FL
- County
- Brevard County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Titusville
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLMIR-2017028
- IRWIN identifier
- E45F7701-B2AD-4BF8-B429-67385319FFDD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Port Saint John, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Port Saint John, FL6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sharpes, FL7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Titusville, FL8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Cocoa, FL10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cape Canaveral, FL11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Merritt Island, FL12 miles south 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 May 11, 2018 at 10:45 AM EDT. Identifier 2017-FLMIR-2017028.