Turkey Creek Fire
The Turkey Creek Fire burned 1,732 acres in Oklahoma, in 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to February 1, 1993.
- Size
- 1,732 acres
- Ignition
- February 1, 1993
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,732 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.734, -98.694.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,732 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 1, 1993
- State
- Oklahoma
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3473409869419930201
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 27 std.
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 19938
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Creek Fire | 6,782 | Aug 18, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Mar 30, 1993 | |
| Dog Run Fire | 2,437 | Mar 29, 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. 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.