Oak Creek Fire
The Oak Creek Fire burned 1,000 acres in Texas, in 1999. It was discovered on September 5, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 30.016, -100.205.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_1999_TX-WTS-99042
Other large fires in Texas in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channing Fire | 30,000 | Oct 30, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,927 | Nov 1, 1999 | |
| Williams Ranch Fire | 6,213 | Oct 19, 1999 | Human |
| Giww Arson Fire | 5,000 | Dec 28, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,967 | Aug 10, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,478 | Nov 19, 1999 | |
| Unit 12 Fire | 3,874 | Jan 31, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,527 | Nov 13, 1999 | |
| North Unit Fire | 3,500 | Nov 12, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,906 | Sep 9, 1999 | |
| Unit 4 Fire | 2,500 | Nov 12, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,482 | Jul 25, 1999 |
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.