Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,000 acres in Kentucky, in 2001. It was discovered on October 31, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to November 15, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,788 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.270, -82.441.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,788 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2001
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 15, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3729208248320011115
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- STATE_KY_18147
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 7,500 | Nov 1, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,070 | Nov 2, 2001 | Human |
| Crane Creek Fire | 3,406 | Nov 3, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Nov 1, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 9, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Nov 1, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Nov 8, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,100 | Nov 4, 2001 | Human |
| Cool Springs Fire | 2,000 | Oct 29, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,000 | Nov 18, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,000 | Nov 2, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,880 | Nov 12, 2001 | 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.