Dead Deer Fire
The Dead Deer Fire burned 1,200 acres in Ohio County, Kentucky, in 2007. It was discovered on August 28, 2007, and contained on August 29, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2007
- Contained
- August 29, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,555 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.301, -86.958.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,555 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2007, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 2007, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Ohio County
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3728908695120070828
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007KYKYS18320079013
- Note on the perimeter
- Combined both fires unable to differentiate
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 20074
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Complex | 1,963 | Oct 5, 2007 | Human |
| Big Woods Fire | 1,499 | Apr 22, 2007 | |
| Kentucky River Complex | 1,355 | Oct 5, 2007 | Human |
| Chandler Fire | 1,300 | Mar 12, 2007 | 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.