Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,480 acres in Tennessee, in 1999. It was discovered on April 10, 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to April 11, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,480 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,636 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.588, -85.422.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,480 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,636 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 1999
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 11, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- Reporting unit
- Tennessee Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3550508557519990411
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_TN_5863
- Note on the perimeter
- forest was cleared in some areas
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 19991
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 880 | Apr 11, 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.