Sugar Fire
The Sugar Fire burned 1,144 acres in Kentucky, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to November 1, 1991.
- Size
- 1,144 acres
- Ignition
- November 1, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,144 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.952, -83.596.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,144 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 1, 1991
- State
- Kentucky
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3695208359619911101
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Kentucky in 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 22,277 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 17,401 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,263 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,111 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,179 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,084 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,198 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,180 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,980 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Otter Fire | 4,925 | Oct 25, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,778 | Dec 26, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,450 | Dec 26, 1991 |
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.