Hector Fire
The Hector Fire burned 2,033 acres in Oklahoma, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 5, 2000.
- Size
- 2,033 acres
- Ignition
- April 5, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,033 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.800, -95.957.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,033 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 5, 2000
- State
- Oklahoma
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3580009595620000405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire much bigger than the reported acreage.
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,577 | Sep 15, 2000 | Human |
| Craterlk-L Fire | 10,206 | Sep 12, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,955 | Sep 27, 2000 | |
| Bigelk Fire | 7,320 | Jan 1, 2000 | Human |
| Bristow Complex | 5,900 | Sep 18, 2000 | Human |
| Boar Creek Fire | 5,760 | Oct 12, 2000 | Human |
| Fairfax Fire | 4,500 | Oct 1, 2000 | Human |
| Southdown Estates Fire | 4,000 | Oct 1, 2000 | Human |
| Oakcliff Fire | 3,840 | Sep 19, 2000 | Human |
| Wild Creek Fire | 3,640 | Sep 21, 2000 | Human |
| Calhoun Fire | 2,700 | Sep 19, 2000 | Human |
| Osage Hills Fire | 2,500 | Sep 19, 2000 | 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.