Bakers Peak Fire
The Bakers Peak Fire burned 3,171 acres in Oklahoma, in 2012. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 3,171 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,171 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 34.810, -98.790.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,171 acres
- State
- Oklahoma
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- OKWMR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-OKWMR-G3QK
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire started on private property by railroad. The fire is named the Townley Fire on the areas off of the refuge. Extreamly fast moving fire had spread over 15 miles on the day it started, covering 28,800 acres. Where the fire entered the refuge it bur
Other large fires in Oklahoma in 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Hill Fire | 58,501 | Aug 2, 2012 | Human |
| Noble Fire | 8,954 | Aug 3, 2012 | Human |
| Indian Road Fire | 7,722 | Mar 6, 2012 | Human |
| Glencoe Fire | 6,887 | Aug 4, 2012 | |
| Cushing Fire | 6,580 | Aug 4, 2012 | Human |
| Ninnekah Fire | 6,500 | Aug 3, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,982 | Feb 26, 2012 | |
| Lick Creek Fire | 4,160 | Aug 4, 2012 | Human |
| Spanish Peak Fire | 4,058 | Mar 3, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,990 | Aug 8, 2012 | |
| Townley Road Fire | 3,900 | Jul 25, 2012 | Human |
| Lagoon Creek Fire | 3,500 | Aug 6, 2012 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.