Ola Fire
The Ola Fire burned 1,014 acres in Yell County, Arkansas, in 2012. It was discovered on July 25, 2012, and contained on July 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,014 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2012
- Contained
- July 25, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 884 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.990, -93.180.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,014 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 884 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2012, 10:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2012, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Yell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Arkansas Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3499009317820120725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012AFCAR7/25/201216031014
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 Arkansas in 20125
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hess Knob Fire | 1,435 | Aug 1, 2012 | Natural |
| Lacey Fire | 1,414 | Aug 14, 2012 | Human |
| Turkey Pen Springs Fire | 1,032 | Mar 2, 2012 | Human |
| Raspberry Mountain Fire | 873 | Nov 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Rose Hill Fire | 852 | Aug 13, 2012 | Human |
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.