Horsehitch Fire
The Horsehitch Fire burned 1,119 acres in Greene County, Tennessee, in 2000. It was discovered on November 6, 2000, and contained on November 12, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,119 acres
- Discovered
- November 6, 2000
- Contained
- November 12, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,689 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.046, -82.766.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,119 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,689 acres
- Discovered
- November 6, 2000, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 12, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Greene County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Nolichucky Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3604408275920001106
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-382273
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 8,134 | Nov 2, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,377 | Dec 1, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,040 | Nov 21, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,450 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Darrow Rdg Fire | 3,398 | Nov 3, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,944 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,925 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,784 | Oct 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,056 | Oct 30, 2000 | |
| Blevins Fire | 2,050 | Nov 5, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,050 | Oct 11, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,728 | Nov 5, 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.