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Brush Creek Fire (Oklahoma)

Ended · 200 acres (81 hectares) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers3 days
81Hectares200Acres3Days it lasted

Started on Aug 20, 2026.

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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS

Quick facts

Location
Comanche County
Complexity
Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
Jurisdiction
USA · Federal land

Burning across 200 acres of federal land in Comanche, Oklahoma, the active Brush Creek Fire has prompted a Type 4 Incident response coordinated by the USA agency. Having started on August 20, 2026, the fire operates within a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October.

Operational tracking reveals a limited thermal footprint in the area, with NASA FIRMS satellites registering only 3 heat detections over the past 48 hours to indicate the current extent of the fire's spread.

This incident unfolds during a broader national fire year that has seen 2,970,412 hectares burn so far in 2026, a figure that remains 46 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Oklahoma for 2 days. In total it burned about 200 acres — around 0.8 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 3,323,241 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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