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Oklahoma Wildfires: Live Fire Map

17 active wildfires burning 2,407 acres in Oklahoma right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

17
Active fires
2,407
Acres
9
Under 50% contained
43
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Oklahoma

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
3
NWS alerts
4

Oklahoma currently has 17 active wildfires burning a combined 2,407 acres. The biggest is the Semi 270 fire in Woodward County at 682 acres, 100% contained. 3 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 4 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 43).

Bold outline: Oklahoma boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

4 active weather alerts
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:45 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:35AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Norman OK

Harper; Woods; Alfalfa; Grant; Kay; Ellis; Woodward; Major; Garfield; Noble; Roger Mills; Dewey; Custer; Blaine; Kingfisher; Logan; Payne; Beckham; Washita; Cad…

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:00 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:32AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Benton; Carroll; North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Southern Sebastian; Pushmataha; Choctaw; Washington; Nowata; Cra…

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:00 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:32AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK

Washington; Madison; Northern Crawford; Northern Franklin; Adair

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 1:00 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 5:05AM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Amarillo TX

Texas; Beaver; Hansford; Ochiltree; Lipscomb; Hutchinson; Roberts; Hemphill; Wheeler; Collingsworth; Palo Duro Canyon

Read full alert at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

This season vs the last decade

149% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026538K acres
10-year average (20162025, full year)362K acres

So far in 2026, 538K acres have burned in Oklahoma, 149% of the 362K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Oklahoma

Wildfire history in Oklahoma

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2017
Worst year · 1.1M acres
949
Fires / year · average
12K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
5,543
Structures destroyed
14
Lives lost
$54.3M
Reported cost

From 3,396 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
8891.8K2014: 109 fires20142015: 519 fires2016: 822 fires20162017: 877 fires2018: 816 fires20182019: 643 fires2020: 728 fires20202021: 1.0K fires2022: 1.8K fires20222023: 1.1K fires2024: 1.5K fires20242025: 1.3K fires2026: 1.1K fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Oklahoma averaged 313K acres burned and 1,361 fires per year. That is 9% down in acreage and 97% up in fire count versus the 20142021 baseline.

Largest fires on record in Oklahoma

  • NW Oklahoma Complex2017151 structures destroyed · 2 deaths779,292 acres
  • OKS - Starbuck2017662,700 acres
  • Eastern Oklahoma Ia200546 structures destroyed413,964 acres
  • Anderson Creek Fire201654 structures destroyed367,740 acres
  • Rhea201832 structures destroyed · 1 death286,196 acres

Emergency resources for Oklahoma

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Fires near a city in Oklahoma

Nearby states