Brantley Cabin Fire
The Brantley Cabin Fire burned 9,071 acres in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, in 2007. It was discovered on March 22, 2007, and contained on March 24, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to March 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 9,071 acres
- Discovered
- March 22, 2007
- Contained
- March 24, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,662 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.268, -94.584.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,071 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,662 acres
- Discovered
- March 22, 2007, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 20, 2007
- Contained
- March 24, 2007, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- McCurtain County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3426009462420070320
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1447855
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 18,093 | Apr 2, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,656 | Apr 2, 2007 | |
| Salt Fork Delta Fire | 4,785 | Mar 7, 2007 | |
| Woods Cty. Fire | 3,500 | Mar 6, 2007 | Human |
| H Unit Fire | 1,757 | Feb 21, 2007 | |
| Silo Camp Fire | 1,680 | Feb 24, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,487 | Apr 2, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,239 | Apr 2, 2007 | |
| Abbott Fire | 1,200 | Mar 3, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,120 | Apr 2, 2007 | |
| Black Aggie Fire | 1,095 | Apr 21, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,086 | Apr 2, 2007 |
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.