Happy Land Fire
The Happy Land Fire burned 480 acres in Oklahoma, in 1996. It was discovered on February 13, 1996, and contained on February 13, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 480 acres
- Discovered
- February 13, 1996
- Contained
- February 13, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,836 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.783, -96.550.
The record
- Reported final size
- 480 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,836 acres
- Discovered
- February 13, 1996, 11:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- February 13, 1996, 10:15 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Chickasaw Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3477109658219960213
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-386836
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 70,000 | Feb 22, 1996 | |
| Westside Fire | 17,835 | Jan 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,489 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,166 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Turnpike Mvd Fire | 5,911 | Feb 14, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,120 | Feb 12, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,286 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Cody Fire | 4,000 | Feb 18, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,587 | Mar 25, 1996 | |
| Springer Fire | 3,119 | Feb 23, 1996 | Human |
| Lakemurray Fire | 2,584 | Feb 23, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,505 | Feb 14, 1996 |
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.