Started on Sep 14, 2026. 90% of the perimeter still to contain.
United States todayLive
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 4 miles southeast of Roll, OK
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 13 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- How it's behaving
- ActiveFlanking — Grows along the sides, not head-on.
- 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 1,174 acres of private land in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, the active Black Kettle Fire is currently 10 percent contained. Located four miles southeast of Roll, the natural-cause fire has grown in short grass fuels measuring one foot in height. Current fire behavior is characterized as active and flanking, with satellites picking up eleven heat detections over the past forty-eight hours.
Operations to suppress the blaze are being managed by a Type 5 Incident Command led by 13 personnel. The incident carries a Type 5 complexity rating, and suppression efforts have accumulated costs totaling $151,760.
Nationwide, the broader wildfire context for 2026 shows 3,216,925 hectares burned so far, a figure that is 41 percent below the two-decade average. This activity occurs within the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oklahoma for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 1,174 acres — about 4.8 km². Crews have contained 10% of the perimeter, but most of the fire line is still open.
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 3,216,925 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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