Water Tower Fire
The Water Tower Fire was reported on April 8, 2017 in Hernando County, Florida and burned 1,110 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,110 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 8, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 28.497, -82.638.
The incident
- Size
- 1,110 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 8, 2017 at 8:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Shoal LIne Blvd
- County
- Hernando County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $59,073
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-FLFLS-110237
- IRWIN identifier
- AC1CAAB6-EAEA-45AD-B9C8-929263672FA2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hernando Beach, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hernando Beach, FL2 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL3 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Timber Pines, FL3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Heritage Pines, FL5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- North Weeki Wachee, FL6 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Spring Hill, FL7 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 April 14, 2017 at 7:02 AM EDT. Identifier 2017-FLFLS-110237.