Wildfires of 2003

Fire 20321

2003Latimer County, OklahomaWildfire

The Fire 20321 burned 1,607 acres in Latimer County, Oklahoma, in 2003. It was discovered on March 30, 2003, and contained on March 31, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,607 acres
Discovered
March 30, 2003
Contained
March 31, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.733, -95.474.

The record

Reported final size
1,607 acres
Discovered
March 30, 2003, 1:00 a.m. local time
Contained
March 31, 2003, 1:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Oklahoma
County
Latimer County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2003OKOFS2-2003-20321-A

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Rocky Top Fire5,200Apr 1, 2003Human
Hairpin Curve Fire4,080Apr 1, 2003Human
Prue Fire3,300Apr 1, 2003Human
Twin Mounds Fire3,000Apr 1, 2003Human
Fire 100842,800Feb 2, 2003Human
Roosevelt Fire2,499Mar 14, 2003
Cedarcanyo Fire2,000Apr 1, 2003Human
Phinney Hl Fire1,670Oct 29, 2003Human
Fire 100851,500Feb 2, 2003Human
Fire 102491,470Apr 2, 2003Human
Fire 103441,453Jul 26, 2003Human
Eight Mile Fire1,400Apr 18, 2003Human

Every fire of 2003 Oklahoma fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.