Unnamed Fire
198525,859 acresFlorida
The Unnamed Fire burned 25,859 acres, about 40 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on July 2, 1985.
Watch how it happenedUnnamed Fire · 1985
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 85% | 22,068 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 12% | 3,185 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.5% | 120 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 1.9% | 486 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Madison County | FL | 21,807 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 2,973 |
| Taylor County | FL | 1,064 |
Other large fires in Florida in 1985
- Alley Fire51,459 acres
- Unnamed Fire34,995 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.