F128 Fire
The F128 Fire burned 2,310 acres in Oklahoma, in 1995. It was discovered on March 21, 1995, and contained on March 21, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,310 acres
- Discovered
- March 21, 1995
- Contained
- March 21, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,212 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.000, -95.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,310 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,212 acres
- Discovered
- March 21, 1995, 10:10 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 21, 1995, 10:48 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee Nation Tribe
- Agency
- Tribal agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3603909479719950321
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-389156
- Note on the perimeter
- Noise on image
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,920 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,041 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| Lick Hollow Fire | 2,770 | Mar 19, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Feb 19, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,109 | Apr 1, 1995 | |
| Jonestract Fire | 2,085 | Mar 1, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,992 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,820 | Feb 25, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,787 | Apr 1, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,433 | Jan 25, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,100 | Feb 23, 1995 |
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.