Woolaroc Prescribed Fire
The Woolaroc Prescribed Fire burned 3,280 acres in Oklahoma, in 2003. It was discovered on April 1, 2003, and contained on April 1, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to March 29, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,280 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2003
- Contained
- April 1, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,868 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.635, -96.132.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,280 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,868 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2003, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 29, 2003
- Contained
- April 1, 2003, 5:00 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
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3665009618020030329
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387529
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 |
| 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 |
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.