Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 5,679 acres in Kentucky, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to November 5, 1987.
- Size
- 5,679 acres
- Ignition
- November 5, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,679 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.822, -83.714.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,679 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 5, 1987
- State
- Kentucky
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3682908369919871105
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Kentucky in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 66,322 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 66,160 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 38,296 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 32,544 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 21,557 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 20,990 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 15,137 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 13,118 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,827 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,820 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,568 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,086 | Nov 5, 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.