Jedjohnson Fire
The Jedjohnson Fire burned 2,308 acres in Oklahoma, in 1998. It was discovered on February 24, 1998, and contained on February 25, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,308 acres
- Discovered
- February 24, 1998
- Contained
- February 25, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,935 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.725, -98.608.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,308 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,935 acres
- Discovered
- February 24, 1998, 8:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 25, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3473009861619980224
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998OKWMR2068
- Note on the perimeter
- Small areas of forest but none seemed to have burned.
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 19987
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,050 | Mar 22, 1998 | |
| Shallow Fire | 3,410 | Mar 25, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,770 | Mar 22, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,657 | Mar 22, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,608 | Sep 7, 1998 | |
| Hee Mtn II Fire | 1,200 | Aug 1, 1998 | Human |
| Cedar Mountain RX Fire | 1,069 | Mar 31, 1998 |
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.