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Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is a continuous reference scale for estimating the dryness of the soil and duff layers. The index increases for each day without rain (the amount of increase depends on the daily high temperature) and decreases when it rains. The scale ranges from 0 (no moisture deficit) to 800 (desert-like conditions). The range of the index is determined by assuming that there is 8 inches of moisture in a saturated soil that is readily available to the vegetation

The normal level for spring in North Florida is between 261 and 460

Nassau County- 629

Duval County- 613

Clay County- 646

Putnam County- 687

St Johns County- 675

Baker County 669

Current County Burn Bans: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Flagler, Gilchrist, Glades, Hendry, Lake, Levy, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Okeechobee, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Union, and Volusia: There is no Burn Ban in Duval County because it is prohibited to burn yard debris at anytime.

Today's Fire Danger Index: Nassau, Duval and Clay: Very High- Fires start easily from all causes and immediately after ignition, spread rapidly and increase quickly in intensity. Spot fires are a constant danger. Fires burning in light fuels may quickly develop high intensity characteristics such as long-distance spotting and fire whirlwinds when they burn in heavier fuels. Both suppression and mop-up will require an extended and very thorough effort. Yard Waste burning is not recommended. Fire restrictions may be in effect. Back to Rating Key

What is the Fire Danger Index?

The Wildland Fire Danger Index (FDI) is a continuous reference scale for estimating the potential for a fire to start and require suppression action on any given day. The FDI in Florida uses two separate components: the forecast/actual Energy Release Component and the forecast/actual minimum relative humidity. The forecast FDI is based on the National Weather Service forecast for that particular area, the actual is based on the observations taken at 1300 hours (1:00 PM).

Total Number of Wildfires in Florida from January 1, 2011 through June 16, 2011

Statewide 3,428 wildfires have burned 194,271.2 acres

On federal lands 210 wildfires have burned 56,535 acres

In the Jacksonville District (Nassau, Duval and Clay Counties) a total of 189 wildfires have burned 1197.6 acres

In the Bunnell District (St. Johns, Flagler and Volusia counties) a total of 285 wildfires have burned 10,328.6 acres

In the Gainesville District (Marion, Alachua, Gilchrist, Levy and Putnam counties) 439 wildfires have burned 11,160.4 acres

In the Suwannee District (Baker, Bradford, Suwannee, Columbia, and Hamilton counties) 363 wildfires have burned 8,110.0 acres

Florida Active Wildfires: An active wildfire is a fire that is either actively burning and uncontained, or it may be contained but still hot and smoking or smoldering, even though there are no active flames. Fires are listed as active until they are completely controlled (out and cold with no smoking or smoldering). Until a fire is called controlled, it is carefully monitored by firefighters.

In the Jacksonville District there are currently 36 active wildfires burning 651.1 acres

Start Date County Fire Name Location Fire size Fire Cause

5/20/11	Nassau	Home Depot	86,000 block of Pages Dairy Road	14 acres	Railroad
5/22/11	Duval	Cedar Point	Cedar Point Road and New Berlin	39.5 acres	Undetermined
5/28/11	Nassau	Kings Ferry	Lessie Road and Kings ferry Road At the Kings Ferry boat ramp	69.9 acres	Lightning
5/28/11	Nassau	Yulee Tower	West of US 17 at the Yulee Fire Tower	1 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	Nassau	Road Ten	East of Crandall Rd and West of US 17	77.6 acres	Lightning
5/28/11	Nassau	Road 11 CMP 3-2	East of Crandall Rd and West of US 17	5.5 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	Nassau	Road 15 CMP 1-7	East of Crandall Rd and West of US 17	1 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	Duval	Hyatt II	North Main and Duval Station Road	4.3 acres	Lightning
5/29/11	Clay	Live Oak Lane	4 miles west of Brannenfield Road and Kindlewood Dr	29.9 acres	Lightning
5/29/11	Nassau	Road 85	West of I-95 off CR 108	6.1 acres	Lightning
6/3/11	Duval	Bertha St	1400 block of Bertha St off Biscayne Blvd.	1.0 acre	Incendiary
6/5/11	Nassau	St Mary’s River Ranch	CR 121 and Trigg Road	5.0 acres	Debris Burn
6/7/11	Clay	Cecil Field County Line	On Cecil Commerce Center	6.0 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Clay	Sharron Grade	Sharron Grade and the north Boundary of Belmore State Forest	20 acres	Lightning
6/8/11	Clay	Treat Road	East of Keystone Air Park on Camp Blanding	35 acres	Lightning
6/8/11	Clay	Lee More	Lee More Road off CR 218	2 acres	Lightning
6/8/11	Clay	Live Oak Lane II	4 miles west of Brannenfield Road and Kindlewood Dr	7 acres	Misc- Breakout
6/10/11	Nassau	Art Wilson	85000 block of Radio Ave off US 17	0.2 acre	Equipment Use
6/11/11	Duval	Hwy 301	2000 block of US 310 North at Otis Road	1 acre	Equipment Use
6/11/11	Nassau	Kolars Ferry #3	Kolars Ferry Road and Murhee Road	5 acres	Incendiary
6/11/11	Nassau	Kolars Ferry #1	Kolars Ferry Road and Murhee Road	10 acres	Incendiary
6/11/11	Nassau	Kolars Ferry #2	Kolars Ferry Road and Murhee Road	0.3 acre	Incendiary
6/13/11	Clay	Saw Blade Rd	SR 16 West and Kinglsey Lake Dr	14 acres	Lightning
6/14/11	Duval	Butch Bain Dr	Pecan Park to Tison Road to Butch Bain Dr	0.1 acre	Lightning
6/14/11	Nassau	Crawford Road	Hwy 301 to Crawford Road	1.7 acre	Lightning
6/14/11	Duval	NOC	North of CR 210 and South of 20 mile Road	0.1 acre	Lightning
6/14/11	Duval	Whitehouse	East of Otis Road on Whitehouse Airfield	48 acres	Lightning
6/15/11	Clay	Limerock Road	SR 16 and Spring Bank Road in Penney Farms	10 acres	Lightning
6/15/11	Clay	Bay	SR 16 and Avenue D on Camp Blanding	15 acres	Lightning
6/15/11	Duval	Deer Creek	9000 block of Orchard Hills Road at Deer Creek near Phillips Hwy and Southside Blvd	0.2 acre	Incendiary
6/16/11	Clay	Leesburg Road	Avenue D and SR 16 on Camp Blanding	75 acres	Lightning- not contained
6/16/11	Duval	Baldwin Bay	CR 121 North ½ mile north of Hwy 90	2.2 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	Nassau	Quick Stop	West on CR 121 to CR 108 behind the J&M Quick Stop	0.5 acre	Lightning
6/16/11	Duval	Otis Road Powerlines	US 301 and Otis Road	1.0 acre	Lightning Contained 4:26 PM
6/16/11	Nassau	Bay Road power lines	CR 121 and Bay Road South of Hilliard	136 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	Duval	Old Middleburg	Cecil Connector wets of Brannenfield Road	6 acres	Lightning

In the Bunnell District there are currently 89 active wildfires burning 7773.3 acres

The chart below details the fires in Flagler and St. Johns Counties

Start Date County Fire Name Location Fire size Fire Cause

4/27/11	St. Johns	Twelve Mile Swamp	US 1 and Stratton Road	186 acres	Undetermined
5/8/11	Flagler	Powerline #2		21 acres	Undetermined
5/14/11	Flagler	Spalding	1 mile west of Water Oak on 100	2 acres	Undetermined
5/15/11	Flagler	Dog Pen	Old Brick Road to Dog Pen Road	57.9 acres	Lightning
5/27/11	Flagler	Yelvington	Yelvington Road	15 acres	Lightning
5/27/11	St. Johns	Parrish Track	Allen Nease Road south of the landfill	1 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	St. Johns	Robertson Tract		78.2 acres	Lightning
5/28/11	Flagler	Strickland		5 acres	Lightning
5/28/11	St. Johns	Rivertown	2000 Block of R 13 1 mile south of Greenbriar Road	24.5 acres	Lightning
5/29/11	St. Johns	Russell Sampson	Russell Sampson Road and CR 210	50 acres	Lightning
5/29/11	St. Johns	Hunting Club	West I-95 near the Keller Fire	0.7 acre	Lightning
5/30/11	St. Johns	County Road 210 West	County Road 210 West	8.4 acres	Lightning
5/30/11	Flagler	Espanola Fire	CR 205 West of Highway 100	4306 acres	Lightning- 40% contained
5/31/11	Flagler	White Eagle	I-95 and US 1 east	134.1 acres	Powerlines- 80% contained
5/31/11	St. Johns	207 Powerline	Hwy 207 and Lightsey Road	34.8 acres	Undetermined
6/1/11	St. Johns	Sandy Creek	1300 Block of CR 210 West and Sandy Creek	11 acres	Lightning
6/6/11	Flagler	Strawn #1	North of CR 305 at the county line	85 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Flagler	Spruce Street	2000 block of Spruce Street in Daytona North	0.1	Undetermined
6/7/11	Flagler	Strawn 2	CR 305 North of the county line	8 acres	Misc- breakout
6/7/11	St. Johns	Section 19	West of CR 13A	14 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	St. Johns	Hudson #1	North of SR 206 and east of CR 305	0.5 acre	Lightning
6/8/11	Flagler	Ranch House Road	Off Hargrove Road	39 acres	Undetermined
6/9/11	St. Johns	Guana	1800 block of Guana and South Ponte Vedra Blvd.	20 acres	Undetermined
6/9/11	St. Johns	Palencia		4 acres	Children
5/27/11	St. Johns	Lewis Road		1 acre	Lightning
6/12/11	Flagler	Road 80	Rayonier Road 80	0.1 acre	Lightning
6/12/11	St Johns	East 4 mile Road	SR 16 eats of 4 Mile Road	0.3 acre	Campfire
6/12/11	Flagler	SW Pine Island	2.5 miles north of CR 100	0.8 acres	Lightning
6/12/11	Flagler	John Campbell Dr #1	SR 100 across from John Campbell DR	0.5 are	Lightning
6/12/11	Flagler	John Campbell Dr #2	SR 100 across from John Campbell DR	3 acres	Lightning
6/13/11	Flagler	Road 72/76		2 acres	Lightning
6/13/11	Flagler	Lehigh Road		1.0 acre	Lightning
6/13/11	St Johns	Oakridge	Oakridge Road	0.1 acre	Lightning
6/14/11	St Johns	Solano Hunting Club	CR 13 North	13.8 acres	Lightning
6/14/11	St. Johns	Rues Landing		1 acre	Lightning
6/15/11	Flagler	Slippery Rock	Slippery Rock	1.9 acres	Undetermined
6/16/11	St. Johns	Port Charlotte	East of US 1 at Port Charlotte Drive and Old Bluff Road	16.4 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	St Johns	Cummer Road	East of US 1 at Pelican Point Road	20 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	St. Johns	Mark’s Pond	At end of St. Mark’s Pond Blvd	32.6 acres	Lightning

In the Suwannee District there are currently 33 active wildfires burning 14,412.2 acres 7039.7

The chart below details the fires in Baker and Bradford Counties

Start Date County Fire Name Location Fire size Fire Cause

5/9/11	Bradford	Hay Roll	CR 227 1 mile off HWY 301	7 acres	Incendiary
5/27/11	Baker	Steckert	West of CR 228	30 acres	Lightning
6/6/11	Baker	Knabb	CR 228 south of I-10 near Wal-Mart	8 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Bradford	Sampson City	S of CR 225 Sampson Lake Hunt Club	2 acres	Lightning
6/8/11	Bradford	Santa Fe #11	Bradford CR221 and Alachua CR1471	6,500	Lightning- 50% contained
6/9/11	Baker	Moccasin Creek	South Moccasin Creek Circle	16.2 acres	Lightning
6/9/11	Baker	Blue Hole	Bessant Area of Southern Railways	182.2 acres	Lightning
6/9/11	Baker	Possum Trot	Possum Trot Rd and John Mann	6.5 acres	Lightning
6/12/11	Baker	Davis Pasture	Claude Harvey Road	15.1 acres	Lightning
6/6/11	Baker	Impassable Bay	Osceola National Forest	8,110 acres	Lightning – 15% contained
6/14/11	Bradford	Camp Grade	Off Camp Grade	3 acres	Lightning
6/15/11	Bradford	SW 136 Ave	SW 231 and SW 36 Ave	0.3 acre	Incendiary
6/16/11	Baker	Jack Dugger		0.3 acre
6/16/11	Baker	Thornton Road	Thornton Rd and Ernie Bryant	0.1 acre	Lightning

In the Waccasassa District there are 94 Active wildfires burning 8,549.0 acres the chart below lists the Putnam County Fires

Start Date County Fire Name Location Fire size Fire Cause

4/28/11	Putnam	Terrace	100 block of Tangelo Terrace	300 acres	Lightning
4/30/11	Putnam	Truck Trail	Hwy 17 and Ace Road	2,005 acres	Undetermined
5/14/11	Putnam	Lake	Star Lake Dr and Holden Park Rd	3 acres	Lightning
5/23/11	Putnam	Judge	Powerline Rd and Hwy 19	35 acres	Undetermined
5/25/11	Putnam	Quarter Horse		19.8 acres	Power lines
5/27/11	Putnam	Blue Shed		3 acres	Lightning
5/27/11	Putnam	White Hill		0.1 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	Putnam	Palm	Carravelle Farm- Rodman Dam Area	1 acre	Lightning
5/28/11	Putnam	Eagle Nest	Welaka State Forest	17 acres	Undetermined
5/28/11	Putnam	Hammer Head		2.5 acres	Lightning
5/28/11	Putnam	Stump		1 acre	Misc- Other
5/30/11	Putnam	Paradise Lakes	Goergetown area Paradise Lakes Ave at August Ave	3 acres	Undetermined
5/31/11	Putnam	Dogwood	Off Dogwood Road	3 acres	Undetermined
6/5/11	Putnam	Comer	Comer Road off Barton Road	1 acre	Undetermined
6/6/11	Putnam	Grey Beard		5 acres	Undetermined
6/6/11	Putnam	High School		1 acre	Misc-Powerlines
6/7/11	Putnam	Kenwood	Kenwood Boat Ramp	0.5 acre	Undetermined
6/7/11	Putnam	Buckman	East of 19	50 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Putnam	Red Gate		0.5 acre	Lightning
6/7/11	Putnam	Blueberry		3 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Putnam	Airport Farm		75 acres	Lightning
6/7/11	Putnam	Seven Hundred	511 East End St and San Mateo	0.3 acre	Lightning
6/7/11	Putnam	Williams Ranch		4 acres	Lightning
6/8/11	Putnam	O’Connor	Apache Drive off 315	10 acres	Undetermined
6/10/11	Putnam	Yellow Throat	South 19	5 acres	Undetermined
6/10/11	Putnam	Bunting	Mondex Area	20 acres	Undetermined
6/11/11	Putnam	Ross	Ross Walk Lane	1 acres	Undetermined
6/12/11	Putnam	Rustic	Hoot Owl and SR 17	20 acres	Lightning
6/12/11	Putnam	Bay Tree		2 acres	Undetermined
6/12/11	Putnam	Trailer		2 acres	Undetermined
6/12/11	Putnam	Orange Lane	Off Orange Lane	6 acres	Lightning
6/13/11	Putnam	Truck Trail 3		0.1 acre	Lightning
6/13/11	Putnam	Crooked Grade	East Palatka	6 acres	Lightning
6/14/11	Putnam	Truck Trail4		100 acres	Lightning- 40% contained
6/14/11	Putnam	Stickler Road		1.5 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	Putnam	Lake Anna	Lake Anna of George Town Road	15 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	Putnam	Ditch	Off Cousin Town Road	25 acres	Undetermined
6/16/11	Putnam	Sting Ray	CR 309 and South St in Welaka	40 acres	Lightning
6/16/11	Putnam	Bunting #2		10 acres	Misc- breakout

Statewide there are 374 active wildfires burning 116,294.7 acres

The chart below lists in what part of the state these individual fires are located

District Active wildfires Active acres

#1 Blackwater: Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties	3	39
#2 Chipola: Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington, Bay, Calhoun and Gulf Counties	23	1839.8
#4 Tallahassee: Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson, Liberty, and Wakulla Counties	10	533.0
#5 Perry: Madison, Taylor, Lafayette and Dixie Counties	7	123.6
#6 Suwannee: Hamilton, Suwannee, Baker, Bradford, Union and Bradford Counties	33	7039.7+8010
#7 Jacksonville: Nassau, Duval and Clay Counties	36	651.1
#8 Waccasassa: Gilchrist, Alachua, Putnam, Levy and Marion Counties	94	8549
#10 Bunnell: St. Johns Flagler and Volusia Counties	89	7773.3
#11 Withlacoochee: Citrus, Sumter, Lake, Hernando and Pasco Counties	15	258.7
#12 Orlando: Seminole, Orange, Osceola and Brevard Counties	42	7551.3
#14 Lakeland: Hillsborough, Polk and Pinellas	18	641.8
#15 Myakka River: Manatee, Hardee, Sarasota, Desoto and Charlotte Counties	17	1326.2
#16 Okeechobee: Indian River, Okeechobee, St Lucie and Martin Counties	40	5433.2
#17 Caloosahatchee: Lee, Hendry and Collier Counties	5	85.6
#18 Everglades: Palm Beach, Broward, Dade and Monroe Counties	12	77,177.1
Total Fires and Acres	444	119,022.4