Buck Creek Fire (OK)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 3 Miles SE from Daisy, OK
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 10
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Backing, Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across 260 acres of private timber land in Pushmataha County, the active Buck Creek Fire is located three miles southeast of Daisy, Oklahoma. Having burned for two days with an approximate daily growth of 130 acres per day, the fire behavior is characterized as active, backing, and spotting in timber litter and understory. Satellites are picking up a moderate heat signature with two heat detections over the past 48 hours.
The natural-cause fire is being managed by a Type 4 Incident Command, with ten personnel assigned to the incident as a Type 4 Incident. Containment currently stands at 10 percent, while the cost to manage the fire has reached $20,902.
This incident occurs within a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October. On a broader scale, a total of 3,021,962 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 45 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oklahoma for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 260 acres — about 1.1 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 3,021,962 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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