Rocky Top Fire
The Rocky Top Fire burned 1,260 acres in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, in 2010. It was discovered on April 11, 2010, and contained on April 11, 2010. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,260 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2010
- Contained
- April 11, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,416 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.707, -95.598.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,260 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,416 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2010, 7:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2010, 7:12 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Pittsburg County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3471309559420100411
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-OKOFS2-2010-20125-A
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 |
| 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 |
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.