Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,350 acres in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, in 1992. It was discovered on April 2, 1992, and contained on April 3, 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to February 20, 1992.
- Size
- 1,350 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 1992
- Contained
- April 3, 1992
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,437 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.719, -94.994.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,350 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,437 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 1992, 7:20 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 20, 1992
- Contained
- April 3, 1992, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Cherokee County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3568609508619920220
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SCHMIDT_40007252
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 Oklahoma in 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,551 | Mar 23, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,700 | Mar 23, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,652 | Mar 23, 1992 | |
| Rush Lake Fire | 2,109 | Feb 20, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,994 | Feb 20, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,950 | Nov 6, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,701 | Mar 23, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,250 | Mar 16, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Oct 24, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,130 | Mar 11, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,125 | Nov 6, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,050 | Dec 27, 1992 |
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.