Wildfires of 2000

Unnamed Fire

2000OklahomaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,080 acres in Oklahoma, in 2000. It was discovered on August 30, 2000, and contained on September 1, 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to September 20, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
2,080 acres
Discovered
August 30, 2000
Contained
September 1, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,114 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.411, -95.945.

The record

Reported final size
2,080 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,114 acres
Discovered
August 30, 2000, 12:10 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
September 20, 2000
Contained
September 1, 2000, 10:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Oklahoma
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3438309592320000920
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
SWRA_OK_10862

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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire11,577Sep 15, 2000Human
Craterlk-L Fire10,206Sep 12, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire7,955Sep 27, 2000
Bigelk Fire7,320Jan 1, 2000Human
Bristow Complex5,900Sep 18, 2000Human
Boar Creek Fire5,760Oct 12, 2000Human
Fairfax Fire4,500Oct 1, 2000Human
Southdown Estates Fire4,000Oct 1, 2000Human
Oakcliff Fire3,840Sep 19, 2000Human
Wild Creek Fire3,640Sep 21, 2000Human
Calhoun Fire2,700Sep 19, 2000Human
Osage Hills Fire2,500Sep 19, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 Oklahoma fire history

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.