Ti Valley Fire
The Ti Valley Fire burned 3,600 acres in Latimer County, Oklahoma, in 2011. It was discovered on January 31, 2011, and contained on January 31, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to January 27, 2011. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2011
- Contained
- January 31, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,209 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.734, -95.477.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,209 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2011, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 27, 2011
- Contained
- January 31, 2011, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Latimer County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- 20024
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3470009555620110127
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011OKOFS2-2011-20046-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 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.