Wildfires of 2005

Cabiness Fire

2005OklahomaWildfire

The Cabiness Fire burned 17,299 acres in Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on November 8, 2005, and contained on November 16, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to November 15, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
17,299 acres
Discovered
November 8, 2005
Contained
November 16, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,654 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.216, -96.186.

The record

Reported final size
17,299 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
14,654 acres
Discovered
November 8, 2005, 12:00 a.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
November 15, 2005
Contained
November 16, 2005, 11:59 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Talihina Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3501209604220051115
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-519360
Note on the perimeter
Linked the Cabiness fires

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

FireAcresStartCause
Velma Complex26,000Nov 27, 2005
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
Little River 2 Fire6,122Dec 27, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Oklahoma fire history

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.