Coal Branch Fire
The Coal Branch Fire burned 500 acres in Magoffin County, Kentucky, in 2008. It was discovered on March 26, 2008, and contained on March 27, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 500 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2008
- Contained
- March 27, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,174 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.760, -83.072.
The record
- Reported final size
- 500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,174 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 27, 2008, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Magoffin County
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3777508305220080326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008KYKYS15320089010
- Note on the perimeter
- fire perimeter much larger than first reported
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 20081
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 990 | Nov 2, 2008 | 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.