Cedarcanyo Fire
The Cedarcanyo Fire burned 2,000 acres in Oklahoma, in 2003. It was discovered on April 1, 2003, and contained on April 1, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2003
- Contained
- April 1, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,100 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.418, -96.236.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,100 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2003, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 1, 2003, 11:00 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
- Part of
- Osage County Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3641609624220030401
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387531
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Top Fire | 5,200 | Apr 1, 2003 | Human |
| Hairpin Curve Fire | 4,080 | Apr 1, 2003 | Human |
| Prue Fire | 3,300 | Apr 1, 2003 | Human |
| Twin Mounds Fire | 3,000 | Apr 1, 2003 | Human |
| Fire 10084 | 2,800 | Feb 2, 2003 | Human |
| Roosevelt Fire | 2,499 | Mar 14, 2003 | |
| Phinney Hl Fire | 1,670 | Oct 29, 2003 | Human |
| Fire 20321 | 1,607 | Mar 30, 2003 | Human |
| Fire 10085 | 1,500 | Feb 2, 2003 | Human |
| Fire 10249 | 1,470 | Apr 2, 2003 | Human |
| Fire 10344 | 1,453 | Jul 26, 2003 | Human |
| Eight Mile Fire | 1,400 | Apr 18, 2003 | 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.