Started on Sep 15, 2026. 95% of the perimeter still to contain.
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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
- 4 miles east of Rocky, OK
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 10 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 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 private lands in Washita County, the Calvary Creek Fire sits four miles east of Rocky, Oklahoma, where it has charred 815 acres of one-foot short grass. Sparked by human activity on September 15, 2026, the active Type 4 incident is currently five percent contained. Fire behavior is characterized as active and flanking, with satellites picking up six heat signatures nearby over the past 48 hours, illustrating the recent spread of the fire front.
A modest contingent of 10 personnel is managing the response under a Type 4 Incident Commander, accumulating a total cost of $37,467 so far. This localized event unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. Nationally, the broader picture shows a more subdued year for fire activity, with 3,226,886 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026—marking a 41 percent decrease below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Oklahoma for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 815 acres — about 3.3 km². Crews have contained 5% 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 3,226,886 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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