Wooten Fork Fire
The Wooten Fork Fire burned 450 acres in Martin County, Kentucky, in 2010. It was discovered on April 14, 2010, and contained on April 14, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 450 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2010
- Contained
- April 14, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,176 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.842, -82.630.
The record
- Reported final size
- 450 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,176 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 14, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Martin County
- Reporting unit
- Kentucky Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3784208263920100414
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-KYKYS15920109020
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Trap Complex | 1,640 | Oct 24, 2010 | Human |
| Claylick Fire | 1,102 | Apr 16, 2010 | Human |
| Jonancy Fire | 500 | Apr 5, 2010 | 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.