Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 456 acres in Buchanan County, Kentucky, in 2006. It was discovered on April 26, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 456 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,734 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.438, -82.085.
The record
- Reported final size
- 456 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,734 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2006
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Buchanan County
- Reporting unit
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Grassy
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3745108211520060426
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006VADFVA01390606-BUH003501
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 | |
| Rocky Face Fire | 1,105 | Mar 9, 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.