Phinney Hl Fire
The Phinney Hl Fire burned 1,670 acres in Oklahoma, in 2003. It was discovered on October 29, 2003, and contained on October 31, 2003. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,670 acres
- Discovered
- October 29, 2003
- Contained
- October 31, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,250 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.551, -96.439.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,670 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,250 acres
- Discovered
- October 29, 2003, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 31, 2003, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- 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
- OK3653809643820031029
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387564
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 | |
| Cedarcanyo Fire | 2,000 | Apr 1, 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.