Wildfires of 2010

Fish Trap Complex

2010Powell County, KentuckyWildfire

The Fish Trap Complex burned 1,640 acres in Powell County, Kentucky, in 2010. It was discovered on October 24, 2010, and contained on October 24, 2010. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
1,640 acres
Discovered
October 24, 2010
Contained
October 24, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,432 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.821, -83.671.

The record

Reported final size
1,640 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,432 acres
Discovered
October 24, 2010, 12:45 a.m. local time
Contained
October 24, 2010, 7:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Kentucky
County
Powell County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Daniel Boone National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Part of
Fish Trap Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
KY3783208367520101024
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FS-1492478

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 20103

FireAcresStartCause
Claylick Fire1,102Apr 16, 2010Human
Jonancy Fire500Apr 5, 2010Human
Wooten Fork Fire450Apr 14, 2010Human

Every fire of 2010 Kentucky fire history

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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.