Easy To Handle Fire
The Easy To Handle Fire burned 900 acres in Oklahoma, in 2007. It was discovered on March 8, 2007, and contained on March 8, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 2007
- Contained
- March 8, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,125 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.676, -95.659.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,125 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 2007, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 8, 2007, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Talihina Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3464409570620070308
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-539700
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 | |
| Brantley Cabin Fire | 9,071 | Mar 22, 2007 | Human |
| 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 |
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.