Adams Fire
The Adams Fire burned 1,600 acres in Texas County, Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on March 10, 2006, and contained on March 16, 2006.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 2006
- Contained
- March 16, 2006
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,339 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.683, -101.080.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,339 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 2006, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 16, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Texas County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3664310110720060310
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_OK-OKS-06-6064
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratliff City Fire | 19,200 | Jan 12, 2006 | Human |
| Prague Fire | 16,423 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Cashion Complex | 14,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Velma Fire | 12,500 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Wainwright Fire | 8,080 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| BIA Empire Fire | 8,000 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Bialoco Fire | 7,880 | Mar 2, 2006 | Human |
| Arbuckle Fire | 7,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | |
| Goat Hill Fire | 6,750 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Charlie Obrien Fire | 6,730 | Mar 28, 2006 | Human |
| Chandler Fire | 6,400 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Windy Fire | 6,343 | Mar 12, 2006 | 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.