Wetland Fire Scar Monitoring and Analysis Using Archival Landsat Data for the Everglades

Fire Ecology

Table 3 Yearly total area burned for the years 2000 through 2004 in the Greater Everglades areas of interest (AOI). Low annual total burned area values typically follow high ones. WCA: Water Conservation Area. NESRS: Northeast Shark River Slough. NRG: Northern Rocky Glades. WPMP: Western Perrine Marl Prairie.

AOI	No. of fires over 1.6 ha	Year	Total area burned (ha)
WCA1A (total area 56 554.2 ha)
	2	2000	1 038
	4	2001	4 017
	0	2002	0
	3	2003	968
	3	2004	1 897
Total	12		7 919
WCA2A (total area 42 556.3 ha)
	3	2000	632
	3	2001	16 680
	1	2002	144
	8	2003	1 537
	2	2004	2 151
Total	17		21 145
WCA2B (total area 11 447.6 ha)
	3	2000	1 615
	1	2001	9 276
	0	2002	0
	0	2003	0
	1	2004	269
Total	5		11 160
WCA3AN (total area 71 190.8 ha)
	1	2000	164
	6	2001	15 051
	5	2002	2 503
	5	2003	2 700
	10	2004	23 355
Total	27		43 773
WCA3AS (total area 128 462.0 ha)
	11	2000	1 094
	4	2001	2 253
	6	2002	4 383
	5	2003	2 807
	1	2004	15
Total	27		10 551
WCA3B (total area 39 934.0 ha)
	3	2000	1 614