Lone Oak Fire
The Lone Oak Fire burned 1,500 acres in Washington County, Tennessee, in 2008. It was discovered on May 7, 2008, and contained on May 8, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 2008
- Contained
- May 8, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 676 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.266, -82.362.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 676 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 2008, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 8, 2008, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3626708235620080507
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1459168
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 20083
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old 15th Fire | 2,000 | Aug 20, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,501 | Apr 16, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,441 | Apr 17, 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.