Unnamed Fire
1998121,114 acresFlorida
The Unnamed Fire burned 121,114 acres, about 189 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 22, 1998.
Watch how it happenedUnnamed Fire · 1998
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 | 83% | 100,249 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 10% | 12,703 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 1.0% | 1,191 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 5.8% | 6,971 |
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.
| Volusia County | FL | 95,400 |
| Flagler County | FL | 25,811 |
Other large fires in Florida in 1998
- Unnamed Fire45,916 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.