Unnamed Prescribed Fire
The Unnamed Prescribed Fire burned 1,500 acres in Floyd County, Kentucky, in 2007. It was discovered on September 23, 2007, and contained on September 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- September 23, 2007
- Contained
- September 25, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,252 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.368, -82.701.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,252 acres
- Discovered
- September 23, 2007, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 2007, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Floyd County
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3736208268220070923
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007KYKYS7120079060
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 20075
| 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 |
| Dead Deer Fire | 1,200 | Aug 28, 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.