Rocky Top Gap Fire
The Rocky Top Gap Fire burned 1,025 acres in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 2002. It was discovered on September 13, 2002, and contained on September 16, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,025 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2002
- Contained
- September 16, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 35.923, -83.104.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,025 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2002, 2:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Cocke County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-382372
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.