Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,070 acres in Kentucky, in 2001. It was discovered on November 2, 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to November 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,070 acres
- Discovered
- November 2, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,017 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.441, -83.066.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,070 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,017 acres
- Discovered
- November 2, 2001
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 1, 2001
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3742308322520011101
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- STATE_KY_16849
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 |
| 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 |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,000 | Oct 31, 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.