Prague Fire
The Prague Fire burned 16,423 acres in Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on January 1, 2006, and contained on January 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 16,423 acres
- Discovered
- January 1, 2006
- Contained
- January 2, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,429 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.576, -96.564.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,423 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,429 acres
- Discovered
- January 1, 2006, 1:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 2, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Okmulgee Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3559109662820060101
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-518119
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.