Honey Bee Fire
The Honey Bee Fire burned 500 acres in McCreary County, Kentucky, in 2000. It was discovered on October 31, 2000, and contained on November 1, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 500 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2000
- Contained
- November 1, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,269 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.868, -84.352.
The record
- Reported final size
- 500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,269 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2000, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 1, 2000, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- McCreary County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Daniel Boone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Honey Bee Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3685208435920001031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-358692
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,700 | Nov 2, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,860 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,539 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,500 | Nov 3, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,300 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,124 | Dec 1, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,040 | Mar 5, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,850 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 2, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,252 | Oct 28, 2000 | 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.