OP-1 Fire
The OP-1 Fire was reported on May 6, 2025 in Polk County, Florida and burned 5,755 acres. It was declared out on May 14, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,755 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 27.691, -81.269.
The incident
- Size
- 5,755 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM EDT
- Contained
- May 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
- Declared out
- May 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Avon Park Air Force Range. Recreation Areas 3A, 6, North Tactical Range and Nort
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Avon Park
- Protecting agency
- USAF
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-FLAPQ-001370
- IRWIN identifier
- 751D7C8C-D585-4975-81C4-5C2A73AF08FC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Avon Park, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Avon Park, FL16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Frostproof, FL16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Sebring, FL17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Babson Park, FL18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crooked Lake Park, FL21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Wales, FL24 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 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-FLAPQ-001370.