Mccurtain 3722 Fire
The Mccurtain 3722 Fire burned 1,000 acres in Haskell County, Oklahoma, in 2013. It was discovered on March 27, 2013, and contained on March 28, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 27, 2013
- Contained
- March 28, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,170 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.110, -94.970.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,170 acres
- Discovered
- March 27, 2013, 9:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 28, 2013, 2:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Haskell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3511309497820130327
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013OKOKS20050A
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 20135
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point Fire | 3,000 | Mar 3, 2013 | Human |
| Buck Trot Fire | 2,108 | Jan 23, 2013 | Human |
| Big High Top Fire | 2,100 | Mar 8, 2013 | Human |
| Haney Fire | 1,606 | Mar 16, 2013 | Human |
| Vivian Cemetery Fire | 1,260 | Feb 18, 2013 | 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.