Woods Cty. Fire
The Woods Cty. Fire burned 3,500 acres in Woods County, Oklahoma, in 2007. It was discovered on March 6, 2007, and contained on March 9, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2007
- Contained
- March 9, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,043 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.972, -99.205.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,043 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2007, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 9, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Woods County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Oklahoma Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3695609922120070306
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_OK-OKS-07-60002
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 | |
| 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.