Wildfires of 2005

Armstrong Fire

2005OklahomaWildfire

The Armstrong Fire burned 1,000 acres in Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on December 31, 2005, and contained on December 31, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
December 31, 2005
Contained
December 31, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.081, -96.028.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
December 31, 2005, 10:45 a.m. local time
Contained
December 31, 2005, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Tribal
Reporting unit
Talihina Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-515163

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Velma Complex26,000Nov 27, 2005
Cabiness Fire17,299Nov 8, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire15,408Apr 3, 2005
Unnamed Fire10,952Mar 18, 2005
Texanna Road Fire10,880Nov 27, 2005
Achille Fire10,000Dec 29, 2005Human
Wewoka Creek Fire9,600Dec 26, 2005Human
Bear Den Fire9,429Nov 27, 2005Human
Dripping Spring Fire9,080Nov 27, 2005Human
Proctor Fire7,680Nov 17, 2005Human
Antioch Fire7,000Nov 27, 2005Human
Pine Springs Fire6,400Dec 27, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Oklahoma fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.