Wildfires of 2011

Yancy Mtn Fire

2011Latimer County, OklahomaWildfire

The Yancy Mtn Fire burned 1,442 acres in Latimer County, Oklahoma, in 2011. It was discovered on August 5, 2011, and contained on August 10, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,442 acres
Discovered
August 5, 2011
Contained
August 10, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,562 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.980, -95.242.

The record

Reported final size
1,442 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,562 acres
Discovered
August 5, 2011, 11:03 a.m. local time
Contained
August 10, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oklahoma
County
Latimer County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3498009524220110805
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2011-OK-ECU-11-20398

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

FireAcresStartCause
Ferguson Fire39,907Sep 1, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire17,989Mar 12, 2011
Greyhorse Fire11,382Mar 23, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire11,360Apr 12, 2011
Unnamed Fire10,450Mar 12, 2011
Main Street Fire9,500Jan 29, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire8,801Mar 12, 2011
Bristow 48 Fire6,152Mar 11, 2011Human
Turkey Springs Fire5,150Jun 3, 2011
Arbuckle Complex4,800Jul 13, 2011Natural
South 160 Fire4,620Apr 4, 2011Human
Cache Assist Fire4,500Apr 15, 2011

Every fire of 2011 Oklahoma fire history

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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.