Context Fire
The Context Fire was reported on March 28, 2018 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and burned 1,047 acres. It was declared out on May 15, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,047 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2018
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 25.480, -80.560.
The incident
- Size
- 1,047 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2018 at 1:30 PM EDT
- Declared out
- May 15, 2018 at 9:17 AM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 3 miles NW of Homestead, FL
- County
- Miami-Dade County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Homestead
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-FLEVP-018042
- IRWIN identifier
- FA4C604A-4EF4-4D09-8A3D-FD2E20745E0D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Homestead, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Homestead, FL5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Florida City, FL6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Leisure City, FL8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Naranja, FL9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Princeton, FL10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Richmond West, FL12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Florida wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 June 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM EDT. Identifier 2018-FLEVP-018042.