Elk Mountain RX Fire
The Elk Mountain RX Fire burned 1,400 acres in Oklahoma, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to March 19, 1997.
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Ignition
- March 19, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,400 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.715, -98.720.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,400 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 19, 1997
- State
- Oklahoma
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3473209871919970319
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 26 std.
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 19973
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buoy Line Fire | 11,000 | Mar 6, 1997 | Human |
| Comanche RX Fire | 4,743 | Mar 26, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,920 | Apr 3, 1997 | 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.