Received 08 February, 2013 Received in revised form 01 April, 2013 Accepted 01 May, 2013 Effects of fire on soil properties was performed in experimental plots, whose fuel amount was altered in order to obtain different heating intensities with the aim of determining changes in the soil physico-chemical parameters at varying heating temperatures. The research was conducted in continuous cropped arable experimental plots, for four growing seasons, from March, 2010 to October, 2011. Core and bulk samples from the burned and adjacent unburned plots (control) were collected for physico-chemical analysis using standard procedures. Temperature differences significantly (P<0.05) affected sand, total nitrogen, organic carbon and pH contents of the soils positively (r=0.518* 0.478*, 0.582*, 0.595**, respectively), whereas a reduction in the soil temperature increased the concentrations of clay; 1, 0.05 and 0.25 mm and stable soil aggregates in the soil (r=-0.619**, -0.578*, -0.780, -0.526*, respectively) after burning. Exchange acidity of surface soil increased from 0.80 cmol kg -1 at initial temperature of 25°C to 5.12 cmol kg -1 at 40°C. Though aggregates formation was significantly higher (P=0.05) after burning than the control soil locations, this soil will easily be distressed with the least application of force. The pH decreased to 5.4 at higher temperatures following burning before ashes mineralized. However, both organic matter and effective cation exchange capacity (ECEC) increased at increasing soil temperature. Potassium content remained surprisingly constant as the soil temperature increased. Despite the merits of quick release of occluded nutrients, heating temperatures of slash-and-burn method of land clearing altered soil quality attributes.