Wildfires of 2012

Cedardale Fire

2012Woodward County, OklahomaWildfire

The Cedardale Fire burned 1,900 acres in Woodward County, Oklahoma, in 2012. It was discovered on July 23, 2012, and contained on July 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,900 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2012
Contained
July 25, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,829 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.318, -99.024.

The record

Reported final size
1,900 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,829 acres
Discovered
July 23, 2012, 11:00 a.m. local time
Contained
July 25, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Oklahoma
County
Woodward County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3631809902420120723
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2009_OK-ECU-12-42006

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 201212

FireAcresStartCause
Freedom Hill Fire58,501Aug 2, 2012Human
Noble Fire8,954Aug 3, 2012Human
Indian Road Fire7,722Mar 6, 2012Human
Glencoe Fire6,887Aug 4, 2012
Cushing Fire6,580Aug 4, 2012Human
Ninnekah Fire6,500Aug 3, 2012Human
Unnamed Fire5,982Feb 26, 2012
Lick Creek Fire4,160Aug 4, 2012Human
Spanish Peak Fire4,058Mar 3, 2012Human
Unnamed Fire3,990Aug 8, 2012
Townley Road Fire3,900Jul 25, 2012Human
Lagoon Creek Fire3,500Aug 6, 2012Human

Every fire of 2012 Oklahoma fire history

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.