Bicy Complex
200760,595 acresFlorida
The Bicy Complex burned 60,595 acres, about 95 square miles, across Collier County. It began on May 7, 2007.
Watch how it happenedBicy Complex · 2007
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 0.7% | 394 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 56% | 33,871 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 27% | 16,283 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 17% | 10,027 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 1% burned at moderate severity.
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.
| Collier County | FL | 60,643 |
Other large fires in Florida in 2007
- Big Turnaround Complex328,707 acres
- Moonshine Bay Fire38,633 acres
- Mfc South Fire37,266 acres
- Unnamed Fire32,568 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.