Wildfires of 2005

Unnamed Fire

2005OklahomaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 995 acres in Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on November 5, 2005, and contained on November 7, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to March 18, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
995 acres
Discovered
November 5, 2005
Contained
November 7, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,835 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.203, -96.019.

The record

Reported final size
995 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,835 acres
Discovered
November 5, 2005, 2:00 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
March 18, 2005
Contained
November 7, 2005, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Okmulgee Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3521409600020050318
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-514030

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.