Cherokee North Fire
The Cherokee North Fire burned 1,285 acres in Tennessee, in 1994. It was discovered on November 20, 1994, and contained on November 29, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,285 acres
- Discovered
- November 20, 1994
- Contained
- November 29, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,231 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.967, -82.892.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,285 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,231 acres
- Discovered
- November 20, 1994, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 29, 1994, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3595508290619941120
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-299395
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Tennessee in 19941
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Creek Fire | 1,025 |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.