Rocky Face Fire
The Rocky Face Fire burned 1,105 acres in Bell County, Kentucky, in 2006. It was discovered on March 9, 2006, and contained on March 14, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,105 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2006
- Contained
- March 14, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,570 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.676, -83.683.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,105 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,570 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2006, 1:49 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Bell County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3668008367620060309
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_KY-KYS-06-3008
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 20064
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,300 | Apr 13, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,182 | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 456 | Apr 26, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 350 | Feb 28, 2006 |
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.