Sandcreek Fire
The Sandcreek Fire burned 1,240 acres in Oklahoma, in 2002. It was discovered on March 28, 2002, and contained on March 29, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,240 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2002
- Contained
- March 29, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,285 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.728, -96.198.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,240 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,285 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2002, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 29, 2002, 8:00 a.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
- OK3671609617920020328
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387452
- Note on the perimeter
- The duplicate fire is a different fire which had a start date one day later. The fires merged making them indistinguishable.
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 | |
| Hulah Fire | 3,035 | Mar 29, 2002 | Human |
| 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 | |
| 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.