Wildfires of 1999

Unnamed Fire

1999KentuckyWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,756 acres in Kentucky, in 1999. It was discovered on November 7, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,756 acres
Discovered
November 7, 1999
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.046, -83.009.

The record

Reported final size
1,756 acres
Discovered
November 7, 1999
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Kentucky
Reporting unit
Kentucky Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
STATE_KY_13336

Other large fires in Kentucky in 199912

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire17,323Nov 16, 1999
Unnamed Fire10,000Nov 8, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire3,748Nov 16, 1999
Unnamed Fire3,200Nov 21, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire3,169Nov 21, 1999
Unnamed Fire3,000Nov 12, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,575Nov 12, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Nov 11, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Nov 14, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Nov 11, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,241Nov 21, 1999
Unnamed Fire2,100Nov 12, 1999Human

Every fire of 1999 Kentucky fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.