Wildfires of 1994

Unnamed Fire

1994OklahomaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 760 acres in Oklahoma, in 1994. It was discovered on March 18, 1994, and contained on March 18, 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to March 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
760 acres
Discovered
March 18, 1994
Contained
March 18, 1994
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,685 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.467, -95.884.

The record

Reported final size
760 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,685 acres
Discovered
March 18, 1994, 2:05 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
March 16, 1994
Contained
March 18, 1994, 9:15 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Talihina Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3448709589919940316
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-390350

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 199412

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire4,289Mar 29, 1994
Unnamed Fire4,220Mar 18, 1994
Unnamed Fire3,905Mar 4, 1994
Central-P Fire3,796Aug 19, 1994Human
Sunset Fire2,370Apr 1, 1994
Baker Fire1,600Nov 21, 1994Natural
Unnamed Fire1,530Mar 19, 1994
Unnamed Fire1,055Mar 18, 1994
Unnamed Fire1,010Mar 18, 1994
Q.range Fire1,000Jan 26, 1994
Unnamed Fire1,000Mar 17, 1994
Unnamed Fire1,000Mar 21, 1994

Every fire of 1994 Oklahoma fire history

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.