Oklahoma 2 Fire
200938,361 acresAlaska
The Oklahoma 2 Fire burned 38,361 acres, about 60 square miles, across Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. It began on May 1, 2009.
Watch how it happenedOklahoma 2 Fire · 2009
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 45% | 17,292 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 55% | 21,069 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | AK | 38,398 |
Other large fires in Alaska in 2009
- Railbelt Complex (Minto Flats South)523,418 acres
- Big Creek Fire174,888 acres
- Tonclonukna Creek Fire158,922 acres
- Titna River Fire157,330 acres
- Nowitna Fire134,822 acres
- Zitziana Fire120,312 acres
- Wood River 1 Fire120,046 acres
- Railbelt Complex (Rex Creek)87,805 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.