While I was on the SACC page this morning I noticed a Fuels and Fire Weather Advisory for South Florida released on March 10th. Drought conditions are leading to extreme fire concerns. See also this article from the Miami Herald, wildfire season could be hot and damaging, that a friend of mine sent me around the same time that also references wildfires that were then burning.
Obtained on March 22, 2017 from http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article137818613.html |
- Red Fox Fire, started on March 18th, burned 2,530 acres, 15 percent containment
- Parliament Fire, started on March 18th, burned
6,027 acres, no containment15,389 acres with 20 percent containment. I wrote a later post with current acreage burned here. The latest update on the Parliament from the Big Cypress NPS (posted on the Big Cypress NPS Facebook Page about 10 PM on March 22nd has acreage burned of 15,389 acres with 20 percent containment - Sonny's Fire, started on March 19th, burned 500 acres, 20 percent containment.
There were two other Florida Wildfires of 500 acres or more that I saw on this mornings Morning Report from the SACC (neither were mapped on Geomac but were mapped on the SACC map:
- SR100 County Line Fire (Putnam County, west of Palm Coast), started on March 18th, burned 993, 75 percent containment
- Afternoon Fire (Miami Dade County, south of Homestead, near the border of the Everglades National Park), started on March 20th, burned 610 acres, 100 percent containment
I got two screen shots from Geomac for you, one for North Florida and the other for South Florida.
Obtained on March 22, 2017 from https://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml |
Obtained on March 22, 2017 from https://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml |
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