North Mountain Fire
The North Mountain Fire burned 2,265 acres in Oklahoma, in 2010. It was discovered on August 13, 2010, and contained on August 18, 2010. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,265 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2010
- Contained
- August 18, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,839 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.807, -98.728.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,265 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,839 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2010, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3481709871420100813
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010OKWMRFRC1
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persimmon Ridge Rd Fire | 3,200 | Dec 20, 2010 | Human |
| Hutchinson Rd Fire | 3,200 | Dec 22, 2010 | Human |
| North Woodward Fire | 3,000 | Apr 9, 2010 | Human |
| Deer Lake Fire | 2,613 | Mar 30, 2010 | Human |
| County Line Fire | 2,300 | Sep 3, 2010 | Human |
| Tallant Hill Fire | 2,180 | Mar 30, 2010 | Human |
| Gulf Fire | 1,659 | Nov 28, 2010 | Human |
| Pistol Pete Fire | 1,621 | Mar 19, 2010 | Human |
| Airstream Fire | 1,567 | Mar 19, 2010 | Human |
| Red Rooster Fire | 1,500 | Aug 26, 2010 | Human |
| Lookout Fire | 1,475 | Mar 4, 2010 | Human |
| No Torch Fire | 1,376 | Mar 18, 2010 | 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.