Bench Bluff Fire
The Bench Bluff Fire was reported on November 12, 2016 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee and burned 2,018 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,018 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 12, 2016
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.606, -85.233.
The incident
- Size
- 2,018 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 12, 2016 at 10:27 AM CST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Bledsoe County
- State
- Tennessee
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $150,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-TNTNS-000304
- IRWIN identifier
- B7CB9316-E1E6-402E-8186-FEA8237DBF30
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pikeville, TN covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pikeville, TN2 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Graysville, TN14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dayton, TN15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spencer, TN16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sale Creek, TN17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dunlap, TN18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Tennessee wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 16, 2016 at 5:32 PM CST. Identifier 2016-TNTNS-000304.