Unnamed Fire
198949,672 acresFlorida
The Unnamed Fire burned 49,672 acres, about 78 square miles, across Palm Beach County. It began on May 21, 1989.
Watch how it happenedUnnamed Fire · 1989
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% | 42,464 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 1.0% | 496 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 14% | 6,713 |
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.
| Palm Beach County | FL | 49,715 |
Other large fires in Florida in 1989
- Unnamed Fire90,053 acres
- Ingraham Fire85,371 acres
- Unnamed Fire56,858 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.