Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 990 acres in Breathitt County, Kentucky, in 2008. It was discovered on November 2, 2008, and contained on November 4, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 990 acres
- Discovered
- November 2, 2008
- Contained
- November 4, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,155 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.485, -83.535.
The record
- Reported final size
- 990 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,155 acres
- Discovered
- November 2, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 4, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Breathitt County
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3748508353520081102
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008KYKYS2520089030
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Branch Fire | 500 | Mar 26, 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.