North Woodward Fire
The North Woodward Fire burned 3,000 acres in Woodward County, Oklahoma, in 2010. It was discovered on April 9, 2010, and contained on April 10, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2010
- Contained
- April 10, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.492, -99.569.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,614 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2010, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 10, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Woodward County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3646209958320100409
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_OK-OKS-500004
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 |
| Deer Lake Fire | 2,613 | Mar 30, 2010 | Human |
| County Line Fire | 2,300 | Sep 3, 2010 | Human |
| North Mountain Fire | 2,265 | Aug 13, 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.