Pigeon Branch Fire
The Pigeon Branch Fire burned 2,115 acres in Greene County, Tennessee, in 2007. It was discovered on May 23, 2007, and contained on May 24, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,115 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2007
- Contained
- May 24, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,722 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.992, -82.912.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,115 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,722 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2007, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 24, 2007, 10:01 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Greene County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3599208289920070523
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456841
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 20079
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,242 | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,025 | Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,535 | Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Mccloud Mtn Fire | 1,400 | Aug 17, 2007 | Human |
| West Bourne Mtn 2 Fire | 1,220 | Mar 6, 2007 | Human |
| 25W Fire | 1,100 | Mar 24, 2007 | Human |
| Pot Point Fire | 1,075 | Feb 22, 2007 | Human |
| Stinking Creek Fire | 1,000 | Mar 25, 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.