Wildfires of 2001

Panco Otter Branch Fire

2001Leslie County, KentuckyWildfire

The Panco Otter Branch Fire burned 1,175 acres in Leslie County, Kentucky, in 2001. It was discovered on October 27, 2001, and contained on November 11, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,175 acres
Discovered
October 27, 2001
Contained
November 11, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.267, -83.533.

The record

Reported final size
1,175 acres
Discovered
October 27, 2001, 10:00 p.m. local time
Contained
November 11, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Kentucky
County
Leslie County
Land ownership at origin
State or Private
Reporting unit
Daniel Boone National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-369332

Other large fires in Kentucky in 200112

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire7,500Nov 1, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire4,070Nov 2, 2001Human
Crane Creek Fire3,406Nov 3, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire3,000Nov 1, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Nov 9, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Nov 1, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,200Nov 8, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,100Nov 4, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,000Oct 31, 2001Human
Cool Springs Fire2,000Oct 29, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,000Nov 18, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire2,000Nov 2, 2001Human

Every fire of 2001 Kentucky fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.