Jennings Creek Fire
199129,291 acresKentucky and West Virginia
The Jennings Creek Fire burned 29,291 acres, about 46 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on October 27, 1991.
Watch how it happenedJennings Creek Fire · 1991
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 71% | 20,884 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 28% | 8,122 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 1.0% | 285 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Mingo County | WV | 23,600 |
| Wayne County | WV | 5,700 |
| Martin County | KY | 7 |
Other large fires in Kentucky and West Virginia in 1991
- Kayford Mountain Fire31,488 acres
- White Oak Branch Fire25,537 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.