Hulah Fire
The Hulah Fire burned 3,035 acres in Oklahoma, in 2002. It was discovered on March 29, 2002, and contained on March 30, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,035 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2002
- Contained
- March 30, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,608 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.890, -96.150.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,035 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,608 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2002, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 30, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- 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
- OK3690309615220020329
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387450
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire adjacent to the Hulah2 fire which started one day before. I believe I found the correct break between the two fires but they may have connected with each other.
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULAH2 Fire | 8,000 | Mar 28, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,556 | Feb 23, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,759 | Feb 23, 2002 | |
| Hudsonlake Fire | 2,500 | Apr 1, 2002 | Human |
| Shurden Fire | 2,000 | Dec 2, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,963 | Feb 23, 2002 | |
| Okesa Rd Fire | 1,760 | Mar 29, 2002 | Human |
| H 14 Fire | 1,740 | Mar 22, 2002 | |
| Sandcreek Fire | 1,240 | Mar 28, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,208 | Nov 22, 2002 | Human |
| Sugarloaf Mountain Fire | 1,200 | Nov 22, 2002 | Human |
| Hectorville Fire | 1,120 | Nov 18, 2002 | 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. 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.