Otter Slide Fire
The Otter Slide Fire was reported on May 6, 2021 in Brevard County, Florida and burned 1,451 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,451 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped May 6, 2021 at 7:56 PM EDT, 1 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 28.531, -80.725.
The incident
- Size
- 1,451 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2021 at 2:56 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, north of State Route 405
- County
- Brevard County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-FLMIR-000403
- IRWIN identifier
- 090672B0-EC50-443C-B0CF-0106B0F425CE
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, FL5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sharpes, FL7 miles south 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
- Mims, FL12 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 11, 2021 at 9:10 PM EDT. Identifier 2021-FLMIR-000403.