Cane Creek Fire
The Cane Creek Fire burned 990 acres in Whitley County, Kentucky, in 2002. It was discovered on April 6, 2002, and contained on April 12, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 990 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2002
- Contained
- April 12, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,146 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.779, -84.315.
The record
- Reported final size
- 990 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,146 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2002, 3:47 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 12, 2002, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Whitley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Daniel Boone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3677608431520020406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-374101
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 20023
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,882 | May 5, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,512 | May 5, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Apr 8, 2002 | 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.