Lick Hollow Fire
The Lick Hollow Fire burned 2,770 acres in Oklahoma, in 1995. It was discovered on March 19, 1995, and contained on March 23, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,770 acres
- Discovered
- March 19, 1995
- Contained
- March 23, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,483 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.617, -94.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,770 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,483 acres
- Discovered
- March 19, 1995, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 23, 1995, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Reporting unit
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3562709448319950319
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-309354
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,920 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,041 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| F128 Fire | 2,310 | Mar 21, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Feb 19, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,109 | Apr 1, 1995 | |
| Jonestract Fire | 2,085 | Mar 1, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,992 | Feb 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,820 | Feb 25, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,787 | Apr 1, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,433 | Jan 25, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 23, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,100 | Feb 23, 1995 |
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.