Wildfires of 2005

Velma Complex

2005Stephens County, OklahomaWildfire

The Velma Complex burned 26,000 acres in Stephens County, Oklahoma, in 2005. It was discovered on November 27, 2005.

Size
26,000 acres
Discovered
November 27, 2005
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 35.428, -97.648.

The record

Reported final size
26,000 acres
Discovered
November 27, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Undetermined
State
Oklahoma
County
Stephens County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Part of
Velma Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2005_OK-OKS-40022

Other large fires in Oklahoma in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
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
Little River 2 Fire6,122Dec 27, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Oklahoma fire history

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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.