Wildfires of 2008

Elvira Fire

2008Pittsburg County, OklahomaWildfire

The Elvira Fire burned 1,750 acres in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, in 2008. It was discovered on March 14, 2008, and contained on March 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,750 acres
Discovered
March 14, 2008
Contained
March 17, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.942, -95.513.

The record

Reported final size
1,750 acres
Discovered
March 14, 2008, 5:15 p.m. local time
Contained
March 17, 2008, 10:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Oklahoma
County
Pittsburg County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2008_OK-ECU-08-20118

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 200812

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire10,394Mar 1, 2008
Unnamed Fire6,455Apr 25, 2008
Wild Horses Fire6,325Nov 6, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire6,274Apr 25, 2008
Atoka Lake Fire5,700Oct 31, 2008Human
Goff Creek Fire5,400Jun 10, 2008Human
Byron Fire5,015Feb 25, 2008
Unnamed Fire5,000Apr 20, 2008Human
Arbuckle Mountains Fire4,500Mar 12, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire4,000Mar 14, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire3,879Mar 24, 2008
Unnamed Fire3,601Mar 1, 2008

Every fire of 2008 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.