Medicine Park Fire
The Medicine Park Fire burned 2,910 acres in Oklahoma, in 2011. It was discovered on June 23, 2011, and contained on June 28, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,910 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2011
- Contained
- June 28, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,750 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.723, -98.493.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,910 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,750 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3472309849320110623
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011OKWMRF5KE
- Note on the perimeter
- Hard to delineate burned/unburned.
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Fire | 39,907 | Sep 1, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 17,989 | Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Greyhorse Fire | 11,382 | Mar 23, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,360 | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,450 | Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Main Street Fire | 9,500 | Jan 29, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,801 | Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Bristow 48 Fire | 6,152 | Mar 11, 2011 | Human |
| Turkey Springs Fire | 5,150 | Jun 3, 2011 | |
| Arbuckle Complex | 4,800 | Jul 13, 2011 | Natural |
| South 160 Fire | 4,620 | Apr 4, 2011 | Human |
| Cache Assist Fire | 4,500 | Apr 15, 2011 |
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.