Wildfires of 2005

Meadow Fire

2005OklahomaWildfire

The Meadow Fire burned 3,020 acres in Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on November 24, 2005, and contained on November 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
3,020 acres
Discovered
November 24, 2005
Contained
November 25, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,918 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.488, -95.840.

The record

Reported final size
3,020 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,918 acres
Discovered
November 24, 2005, 9:30 a.m. local time
Contained
November 25, 2005, 7:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Okmulgee Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Northforty
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3548609583720051124
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-514052
Note on the perimeter
Hard to determine fire perimeter may include BIA-EOR-75-20051127 OK-OMA-005075-20051127

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
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

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.