Sand Creek Fire
The Sand Creek Fire burned 1,000 acres in Oklahoma, in 2008. It was discovered on October 30, 2008, and contained on November 12, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2008
- Contained
- November 12, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,145 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.278, -96.112.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,145 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2008, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 12, 2008, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Okmulgee Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3528909610420081030
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-582309
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 10,394 | Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,455 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Wild Horses Fire | 6,325 | Nov 6, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,274 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Atoka Lake Fire | 5,700 | Oct 31, 2008 | Human |
| Goff Creek Fire | 5,400 | Jun 10, 2008 | Human |
| Byron Fire | 5,015 | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Apr 20, 2008 | Human |
| Arbuckle Mountains Fire | 4,500 | Mar 12, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Mar 14, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,879 | Mar 24, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,601 | Mar 1, 2008 |
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.