Wildfires of 2005

Town Mtn Fire

2005Perry County, KentuckyWildfire

The Town Mtn Fire burned 1,500 acres in Perry County, Kentucky, in 2005. It was discovered on November 28, 2005, and contained on November 28, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,500 acres
Discovered
November 28, 2005
Contained
November 28, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.254, -83.222.

The record

Reported final size
1,500 acres
Discovered
November 28, 2005, 6:02 a.m. local time
Contained
November 28, 2005, 11:15 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Kentucky
County
Perry County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Kentucky Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2005_KY-KYS-2034

Other large fires in Kentucky in 20056

FireAcresStartCause
Maces Cr. 1 Fire3,000Nov 4, 2005
Gilberts Creek Fire2,537Nov 13, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire2,200Nov 12, 2005
Morris Fork Fire1,500Nov 28, 2005Human
Dry Fork Fire1,154Nov 13, 2005
Highsplint Fire673Nov 25, 2005

Every fire of 2005 Kentucky fire history

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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.