Burnt Canyon Fire (OK)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 12 Miles NW from Mooreland, OK
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 16
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Extreme, Flanking, Single Tree Torching
- Jurisdiction
- DVF · State land
Burning across 1,811 acres of state-owned short grass in Woodward County, Oklahoma, the active Burnt Canyon Fire is currently uncontained 12 miles northwest of Mooreland. Satellites have registered 15 heat detections over the past 48 hours, highlighting the footprint of the incident as it exhibits extreme, flanking behavior alongside single tree torching in one-foot grasses.
Led by a Type 4 Incident Management team with 16 personnel deployed under the DVF agency, response efforts to the natural-cause fire have accumulated a cost of $85,593. The incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October.
This fire occurs within a broader national context where 2,909,844 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a total that is 47% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oklahoma for less than a day. So far it has affected roughly 1,811 acres — about 7.3 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
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 2,909,844 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 47% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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