Green Mtn Fire
The Green Mtn Fire burned 2,200 acres in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 2001. It was discovered on November 10, 2001, and contained on November 11, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 2001
- Contained
- November 11, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,787 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.800, -83.188.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,787 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,288 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 2001, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Cocke County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TNGSP
- Part of
- North-End Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-TNGSP-002146
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3581508319520011110
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-382316
- 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 Tennessee in 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,646 | Dec 22, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,200 | Nov 29, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,214 | Nov 12, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,080 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,035 | Dec 30, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,560 | Nov 10, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,312 | Nov 10, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,230 | Nov 13, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,120 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,100 | Nov 4, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,050 | Nov 4, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 924 | Nov 4, 2001 | 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.