Achille Fire
The Achille Fire burned 10,000 acres in Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on December 29, 2005, and contained on December 31, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 10,000 acres
- Discovered
- December 29, 2005
- Contained
- December 31, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,955 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.866, -96.373.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,955 acres
- Discovered
- December 29, 2005, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 31, 2005, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Talihina Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3386009637420051229
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-515157
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velma Complex | 26,000 | Nov 27, 2005 | |
| Cabiness Fire | 17,299 | Nov 8, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 15,408 | Apr 3, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,952 | Mar 18, 2005 | |
| Texanna Road Fire | 10,880 | Nov 27, 2005 | |
| Wewoka Creek Fire | 9,600 | Dec 26, 2005 | Human |
| Bear Den Fire | 9,429 | Nov 27, 2005 | Human |
| Dripping Spring Fire | 9,080 | Nov 27, 2005 | Human |
| Proctor Fire | 7,680 | Nov 17, 2005 | Human |
| Antioch Fire | 7,000 | Nov 27, 2005 | Human |
| Pine Springs Fire | 6,400 | Dec 27, 2005 | Human |
| Little River 2 Fire | 6,122 | Dec 27, 2005 | 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.