Byron Fire
The Byron Fire burned 5,015 acres in Oklahoma, in 2008. It was discovered on February 25, 2008, and contained on February 26, 2008.
- Size
- 5,015 acres
- Discovered
- February 25, 2008
- Contained
- February 26, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,030 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.920, -98.163.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,015 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,030 acres
- Discovered
- February 25, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3688009812320080225
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008OKSLRD3T1
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 10,394 | Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,455 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Wild Horses Fire | 6,325 | Nov 6, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,274 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Atoka Lake Fire | 5,700 | Oct 31, 2008 | Human |
| Goff Creek Fire | 5,400 | Jun 10, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Apr 20, 2008 | Human |
| Arbuckle Mountains Fire | 4,500 | Mar 12, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Mar 14, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,879 | Mar 24, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,601 | Mar 1, 2008 | |
| 4 Mile Road Fire | 3,412 | Feb 1, 2008 | 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.