Started on Aug 27, 2026.
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Quick facts
- Location
- 7 miles northeast of Blanco, OK
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 4 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Hardwood Litter
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Backing — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
- 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 land in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, the Brushy Creek Fire has been active for eight days, averaging an approximate daily growth of 30 acres per day since it started on August 27, 2026. Located seven miles northeast of Blanco, the incident has reached a total size of 238 acres fueled by hardwood litter. Although the regional fire season typically spans from June to October, national context shows that 3,177,542 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 42% below the two-decade average.
Fire behavior is currently characterized as minimal, smoldering, and backing. Response efforts are managed by a Type 4 Incident Commander with a Type 5 Incident complexity designation, supported by a personnel team of four individuals. The total cost to manage the operation has reached 15,180 US dollars.
Having achieved full containment, the Brushy Creek Fire is listed as 100% contained, with its human-caused ignition successfully addressed by the assigned response personnel.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oklahoma for 19 days. In total it burned about 238 acres — around 1.0 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 3,368,499 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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