Clay Creek Fire
The Clay Creek Fire burned 1,024 acres in Stewart County, Tennessee, in 2006. It was discovered on April 16, 2006, and contained on April 20, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,024 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2006
- Contained
- April 20, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 894 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.603, -88.010.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,024 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 894 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2006, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 20, 2006, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Stewart County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3660608801520060416
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_KY-LBF-060004
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 Tennessee in 20061
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 932 | Mar 2, 2006 | 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.