Rocky Point Fire
The Rocky Point Fire burned 3,000 acres in Love County, Oklahoma, in 2013. It was discovered on March 3, 2013, and contained on March 11, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 3, 2013
- Contained
- March 11, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,162 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.891, -97.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,162 acres
- Discovered
- March 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 11, 2013, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Love County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3389109699920130303
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2013-OK-SEU-13-41005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mccurtain 3722 Fire | 1,000 | Mar 27, 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.