Schoolhous Fire
The Schoolhous Fire burned 2,079 acres in Kentucky, in 2000. It was discovered on October 30, 2000, and contained on November 8, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,079 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2000
- Contained
- November 8, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,154 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.653, -84.581.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,079 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,154 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,077 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2000, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 8, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TNBSP
- Part of
- Big South Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-TNBSP-000018
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3663708458220001030
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-222786
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.