Wildfires of 2011

Arbuckle Complex

2011OklahomaWildfire

The Arbuckle Complex burned 4,800 acres in Oklahoma, in 2011. It was discovered on July 13, 2011, and contained on July 18, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to July 14, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
4,800 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2011
Contained
July 18, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,943 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.650, -97.126.

The record

Reported final size
4,800 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,943 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2011, 10:00 a.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
July 14, 2011
Contained
July 18, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Oklahoma
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Agency
National Park Service
Part of
Arbuckle Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
OK3436309706120110714
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-622449

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 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Ferguson Fire39,907Sep 1, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire17,989Mar 12, 2011
Greyhorse Fire11,382Mar 23, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire11,360Apr 12, 2011
Unnamed Fire10,450Mar 12, 2011
Main Street Fire9,500Jan 29, 2011Human
Unnamed Fire8,801Mar 12, 2011
Bristow 48 Fire6,152Mar 11, 2011Human
Turkey Springs Fire5,150Jun 3, 2011
South 160 Fire4,620Apr 4, 2011Human
Cache Assist Fire4,500Apr 15, 2011
Pac Man Fire4,226Dec 31, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 Oklahoma fire history

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.