Wildfires of 1997

Unnamed Fire

1997OklahomaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,920 acres in Oklahoma, in 1997. It was discovered on April 3, 1997, and contained on April 3, 1997. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,920 acres
Discovered
April 3, 1997
Contained
April 3, 1997
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 35.645, -94.621.

The record

Reported final size
1,920 acres
Discovered
April 3, 1997, 3:15 p.m. local time
Contained
April 3, 1997, 9:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Oklahoma
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SWRA_OK_6789

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 19973

FireAcresStartCause
Buoy Line Fire11,000Mar 6, 1997Human
Comanche RX Fire4,743Mar 26, 1997
Elk Mountain RX Fire1,400Mar 19, 1997

Every fire of 1997 Oklahoma fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.