Hampton Fire
The Hampton Fire burned 1,407 acres in Tennessee, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to November 5, 1987.
- Size
- 1,407 acres
- Ignition
- November 5, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,407 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.300, -82.165.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,407 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 5, 1987
- State
- Tennessee
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3630008216519871105
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Tennessee in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,678 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,333 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| K-T Fire | 6,382 | Oct 30, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,982 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,341 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,196 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,911 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,861 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,913 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Morton Blf Fire | 1,854 | Nov 8, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,450 | Dec 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,292 | Dec 6, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.