Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 730 acres in Tennessee, in 2001. It was discovered on December 21, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to December 3, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 730 acres
- Discovered
- December 21, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,071 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.580, -84.062.
The record
- Reported final size
- 730 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,071 acres
- Discovered
- December 21, 2001
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 3, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- Reporting unit
- Tennessee Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3657708404920011203
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_TN_11857
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 |
| Green Mtn Fire | 2,200 | Nov 10, 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 |
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.