Started on Aug 29, 2026.
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Quick facts
- Location
- 5 miles west of Nashoba, OK
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 14 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Torching — Whole trees flaring up like torches.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across private timberlands in Pushmataha County, the Alexander Trail Fire near Nashoba, Oklahoma, has sustained itself over a prolonged 13-day burn period, expanding at an approximate average rate of 123 acres per day. The human-caused blaze, which originated on August 29, 2026, has ultimately charred a total of 1,600 acres.
Operations to suppress the incident involved a modest force of 14 personnel operating under a Type 5 Incident complexity and a Type 4 Incident Commander. Fire behavior on the ground was characterized as minimal, smoldering, and torching through timber litter and understory.
Efforts by responders have successfully brought the Alexander Trail Fire to 100 percent containment, concluding the incident with a total suppression cost of $66,139. This fire unfolded during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October, amidst a broader national backdrop where 3,207,126 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026—marking a figure 41% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oklahoma for 26 days. In total it burned about 1,600 acres — around 6.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,375,552 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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