Wildfires of 2006

Bialoco Fire

2006OklahomaWildfire

The Bialoco Fire burned 7,880 acres in Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on March 2, 2006, and contained on March 6, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
7,880 acres
Discovered
March 2, 2006
Contained
March 6, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,845 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.301, -97.679.

The record

Reported final size
7,880 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
6,845 acres
Discovered
March 2, 2006, 7:50 a.m. local time
Contained
March 6, 2006, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Chickasaw Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3430109767920060302
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-518156

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

FireAcresStartCause
Ratliff City Fire19,200Jan 12, 2006Human
Prague Fire16,423Jan 1, 2006Human
Cashion Complex14,000Jan 1, 2006Human
Velma Fire12,500Mar 1, 2006Human
Wainwright Fire8,080Jan 1, 2006Human
BIA Empire Fire8,000Mar 1, 2006Human
Arbuckle Fire7,000Jan 1, 2006
Goat Hill Fire6,750Jan 1, 2006Human
Charlie Obrien Fire6,730Mar 28, 2006Human
Chandler Fire6,400Mar 1, 2006Human
Windy Fire6,343Mar 12, 2006Human
Central High Fire5,760Jan 12, 2006

Every fire of 2006 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.