Town Branch II Fire
The Town Branch II Fire burned 776 acres in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1999. It was discovered on November 10, 1999, and contained on November 17, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 776 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 1999
- Contained
- November 17, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,015 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.151, -83.685.
The record
- Reported final size
- 776 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,015 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 1999, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 17, 1999, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Clay County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Daniel Boone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Town Branch #2 Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3715808369919991110
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-344717
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 Kentucky in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 17,323 | Nov 16, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,000 | Nov 8, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,748 | Nov 16, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,200 | Nov 21, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,169 | Nov 21, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Nov 12, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,575 | Nov 12, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 11, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 14, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 11, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,241 | Nov 21, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,100 | Nov 12, 1999 | Human |
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.