Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,340 acres in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, in 2006. It was discovered on July 28, 2006, and contained on July 28, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 29, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,340 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006
- Contained
- July 28, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,886 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.220, -95.314.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,340 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,886 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 29, 2006
- Contained
- July 28, 2006, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Pushmataha County
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3423509531020060729
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006OKOFS1-2006-10430-A
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire Id exceed characters allowed so the id was shortened.
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.