Mad Cat Fire
The Mad Cat Fire burned 1,200 acres in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, in 2004. It was discovered on March 9, 2004, and contained on March 9, 2004. MTBS dates its ignition to March 15, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2004
- Contained
- March 9, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,097 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.694, -95.593.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,097 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2004, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 15, 2004
- Contained
- March 9, 2004, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Pittsburg County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3471909559520040315
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2004OKOFS2-2004-20144-A
- Note on the perimeter
- Imagery not suitable for extended assessment.
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 | |
| Cedar Creek Fire | 5,500 | Feb 19, 2004 | Human |
| 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 |
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.