Wild Creek Fire
The Wild Creek Fire burned 3,640 acres in Oklahoma, in 2000. It was discovered on September 21, 2000, and contained on September 22, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,640 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 2000
- Contained
- September 22, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,691 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.608, -96.762.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,640 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,691 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 2000, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Osage Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3664709676520000921
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387392
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
| 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 |
| Calhoun Fire | 2,700 | Sep 19, 2000 | Human |
| Osage Hills Fire | 2,500 | Sep 19, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,210 | Aug 10, 2000 |
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.