Wildfires of 2001

Naval Res Fire

2001OklahomaWildfire

The Naval Res Fire burned 500 acres in Oklahoma, in 2001. It was discovered on March 4, 2001, and contained on March 4, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
500 acres
Discovered
March 4, 2001
Contained
March 4, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,195 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.482, -96.482.

The record

Reported final size
500 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,195 acres
Discovered
March 4, 2001, 5:00 p.m. local time
Contained
March 4, 2001, 7:20 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
OK3647109647520010304
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-387402

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 20018

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire4,139Apr 9, 2001
Liberty Fire4,050Mar 19, 2001Human
Buck Creek Fire2,300Mar 24, 2001Human
Boston So Fire1,754Mar 24, 2001Human
Webb Fire1,750Jul 12, 2001
A-Road Fire1,500Apr 2, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire1,300Apr 7, 2001Human
Unnamed Fire1,240Nov 15, 2001Human

Every fire of 2001 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.