BIA Empire Fire
The BIA Empire Fire burned 8,000 acres in Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on March 1, 2006, and contained on March 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 1, 2006
- Contained
- March 2, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,536 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.472, -97.959.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,536 acres
- Discovered
- March 1, 2006, 9:40 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 2, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Chickasaw Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3447209795920060301
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-537917
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 |
| 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 |
| Central High Fire | 5,760 | Jan 12, 2006 |
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.