Turnpike Mvd Fire
The Turnpike Mvd Fire burned 5,911 acres in Oklahoma, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to February 14, 1996.
- Size
- 5,911 acres
- Ignition
- February 14, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,911 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.544, -96.853.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,911 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 14, 1996
- State
- Oklahoma
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3445909701419960214
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 70,000 | Feb 22, 1996 | |
| Westside Fire | 17,835 | Jan 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,489 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,166 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,120 | Feb 12, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,286 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Cody Fire | 4,000 | Feb 18, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,587 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Springer Fire | 3,119 | Feb 23, 1996 | Human |
| Lakemurray Fire | 2,584 | Feb 23, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,505 | Feb 14, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,326 | Feb 22, 1996 |
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.