Chester Fire
The Chester Fire burned 41,497 acres in Major County, Oklahoma, in 2009. It was discovered on July 10, 2009, and contained on July 17, 2009.
- Size
- 41,497 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2009
- Contained
- July 17, 2009
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 34,400 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.224, -98.919.
The record
- Reported final size
- 41,497 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 34,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2009, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2009, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Major County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3631909883320090710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_OK-OKS-41031
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loco-Healdton Fire | 56,688 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Putnam Fire | 52,790 | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| Ratcliff City-Tatums Fire | 23,824 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Cleo Fire | 11,520 | Apr 4, 2009 | Human |
| Peach Orchard Fire | 10,216 | Mar 17, 2009 | Human |
| Mulhall-Payne County Fire | 8,600 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Brushy Mountain Fire | 8,000 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,955 | Jan 20, 2009 | |
| Lindsay Fire | 6,766 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Pretty Penny Fire | 6,000 | Mar 19, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,017 | Jan 20, 2009 | |
| 2 Pounds of Bologna Fire | 4,000 | Feb 20, 2009 | 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.