Wildfires of 2010

Claylick Fire

2010Rowan County, KentuckyWildfire

The Claylick Fire burned 1,102 acres in Rowan County, Kentucky, in 2010. It was discovered on April 16, 2010, and contained on April 20, 2010. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.

Size
1,102 acres
Discovered
April 16, 2010
Contained
April 20, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 38.112, -83.494.

The record

Reported final size
1,102 acres
Discovered
April 16, 2010, 1:58 p.m. local time
Contained
April 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
State
Kentucky
County
Rowan County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Daniel Boone National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-1485670

Other large fires in Kentucky in 20103

FireAcresStartCause
Fish Trap Complex1,640Oct 24, 2010Human
Jonancy Fire500Apr 5, 2010Human
Wooten Fork Fire450Apr 14, 2010Human

Every fire of 2010 Kentucky fire history

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Sources

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.