Right Gate Fire
The Right Gate Fire was reported on March 28, 2023 in Polk County, Florida and burned 1,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2023
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeter mapped March 28, 2023 at 7:50 PM EDT, 1,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 27.774, -81.320.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- River Ranch, Polk 1/2 MILE SE OF INDIAN LAKE ESTASTES. OFF OF 630 C/S HWY 60
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- INDIAN LAKE ESTATES
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-FLFLS-231400223
- IRWIN identifier
- A2E8F70C-8C9E-40F5-87C1-8F09C235FA83
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Babson Park, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Babson Park, FL13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Frostproof, FL13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Crooked Lake Park, FL17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Avon Park, FL17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Wales, FL18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sebring, FL21 miles south of the fire’s origin
Florida wildfires today Wildfires of 2023 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 March 30, 2023 at 5:47 PM EDT. Identifier 2023-FLFLS-231400223.