Wildfires of 2012

Unnamed Fire

2012Creek County, OklahomaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 3,990 acres in Creek County, Oklahoma, in 2012. It was discovered on August 8, 2012, and contained on December 8, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to August 4, 2012.

Size
3,990 acres
Discovered
August 8, 2012
Contained
December 8, 2012
Cause
Undetermined

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,394 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.866, -96.519.

The record

Reported final size
3,990 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,394 acres
Discovered
August 8, 2012, 11:59 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
August 4, 2012
Contained
December 8, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Undetermined
State
Oklahoma
County
Creek County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3586109650420120804
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2009_OK-OKS-42016

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
Townley Road Fire3,900Jul 25, 2012Human
Lagoon Creek Fire3,500Aug 6, 2012Human
Bakers Peak Fire3,171

Every fire of 2012 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.