Hog Eye Hollow Fire
The Hog Eye Hollow Fire burned 950 acres in Oklahoma, in 2009. It was discovered on March 17, 2009, and contained on March 17, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 950 acres
- Discovered
- March 17, 2009
- Contained
- March 17, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,299 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.674, -95.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 950 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,299 acres
- Discovered
- March 17, 2009, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 17, 2009, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Oklahoma
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Talihina Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- OK3467109564120090317
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-585240
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loco-Healdton Fire | 56,688 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Putnam Fire | 52,790 | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| Chester Fire | 41,497 | Jul 10, 2009 | |
| Ratcliff City-Tatums Fire | 23,824 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Cleo Fire | 11,520 | Apr 4, 2009 | Human |
| Peach Orchard Fire | 10,216 | Mar 17, 2009 | Human |
| Mulhall-Payne County Fire | 8,600 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Brushy Mountain Fire | 8,000 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,955 | Jan 20, 2009 | |
| Lindsay Fire | 6,766 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Pretty Penny Fire | 6,000 | Mar 19, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,017 | Jan 20, 2009 |
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.