Bald Knob Prescribed Fire
The Bald Knob Prescribed Fire burned 1,313 acres in Kentucky, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to April 7, 2011.
- Size
- 1,313 acres
- Ignition
- April 7, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,313 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.644, -84.557.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,313 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 7, 2011
- State
- Kentucky
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KY3665208456620110407
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Kentucky in 20111
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeon Roost Fire | 865 | Feb 15, 2011 | 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. 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.