Old 15th Fire
The Old 15th Fire burned 2,000 acres in Cocke County, Tennessee, in 2008. It was discovered on August 20, 2008, and contained on August 21, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 2, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2008
- Contained
- August 21, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,737 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.923, -83.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,737 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 2, 2008
- Contained
- August 21, 2008, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Cocke County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TN3592008307120080802
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1473118
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,501 | Apr 16, 2008 | Human |
| Lone Oak Fire | 1,500 | May 7, 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.