Dry Fork Fire
The Dry Fork Fire burned 1,154 acres in Kentucky, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to November 13, 2005.
- Size
- 1,154 acres
- Ignition
- November 13, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,154 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.110, -83.520.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,154 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 13, 2005
- State
- Kentucky
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3711008352020051113
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Kentucky in 20056
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maces Cr. 1 Fire | 3,000 | Nov 4, 2005 | |
| Gilberts Creek Fire | 2,537 | Nov 13, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Nov 12, 2005 | |
| Town Mtn Fire | 1,500 | Nov 28, 2005 | Human |
| Morris Fork Fire | 1,500 | Nov 28, 2005 | Human |
| Highsplint Fire | 673 | Nov 25, 2005 |
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. 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.