Charlie Obrien Fire
The Charlie Obrien Fire burned 6,730 acres in Creek County, Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on March 28, 2006, and contained on April 3, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,730 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2006
- Contained
- April 3, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,239 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.762, -96.222.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,730 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,239 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2006, 8:50 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 2006, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Creek County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3576209622220060328
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_OK-OKS-06-40319
- Note on the perimeter
- The post-fire image utilized for assessment contains active fire. Additionally this event continues to burn toward the south. The first available post-fire image after event containment greens up too much for assessment use.
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 |
| 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.