Shallow Fire
The Shallow Fire burned 3,410 acres in Oklahoma, in 1998. It was discovered on March 25, 1998, and contained on March 25, 1998. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,410 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 1998
- Contained
- March 25, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,685 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.727, -99.735.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,410 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,685 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 1998, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 25, 1998, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3571509975919980325
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-339391
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 | |
| Jedjohnson Fire | 2,308 | Feb 24, 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.