Erick Fire
The Erick Fire burned 4,000 acres in Beckham County, Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on November 3, 2005, and contained on November 5, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- November 3, 2005
- Contained
- November 5, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,251 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.278, -99.876.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,251 acres
- Discovered
- November 3, 2005, 9:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 5, 2005, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Beckham County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3528909983320051103
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2005_OK-OKS-05-40306
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 | |
| Achille Fire | 10,000 | Dec 29, 2005 | Human |
| 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 |
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.