Cedar Creek Fire
The Cedar Creek Fire burned 5,500 acres in Oklahoma, in 2004. It was discovered on February 19, 2004, and contained on February 20, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2004
- Contained
- February 20, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,132 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.767, -96.283.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,132 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2004, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 20, 2004, 2:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- 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
- OK3676909624320040219
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-387572
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 27,116 | Mar 15, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 19,667 | Apr 1, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,155 | Apr 1, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,184 | Mar 15, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,103 | Apr 2, 2004 | |
| Tarbone Complex | 5,930 | Mar 18, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,752 | Mar 15, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,422 | Apr 1, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,365 | Mar 15, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,351 | Mar 31, 2004 | |
| Vamoosa Fire | 3,300 | Feb 19, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,238 | Apr 2, 2004 |
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.