Crater Creek Fire
The Crater Creek Fire burned 6,782 acres in Oklahoma, in 1993. It was discovered on August 18, 1993, and contained on August 21, 1993.
- Size
- 6,782 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1993
- Contained
- August 21, 1993
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,958 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.683, -98.600.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,782 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,958 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1993, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 21, 1993, 2:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- Reporting unit
- Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3468309860019930818
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1993OKWMR2471
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 19938
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Mar 30, 1993 | |
| Dog Run Fire | 2,437 | Mar 29, 1993 | |
| Turkey Creek Fire | 1,732 | Feb 1, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,600 | Apr 10, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,600 | Nov 24, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,450 | Mar 11, 1993 | |
| Corp Fire | 1,284 | Mar 29, 1993 | Natural |
| Chapman Fire | 1,027 | Aug 21, 1993 | 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.