Honey Fire, OKMULGEE, Oklahoma (2026)

This fire in numbersDay 3

135Hectares333Acres3Days burning

Containment80%

Started on Sep 27, 2026. 20% of the perimeter still to contain.

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Honey Fire (Oklahoma) — Sentinel-2 true color

Honey Fire (Oklahoma) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

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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: 9 miles southwest of OKMULGEE, OK
Cause: Human
People working on it: 31 people
Complexity: Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
What's burning: Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
How it's behaving: Active
Jurisdiction: Private land

Glossary: what each term means

Minimal

Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.

Smoldering

Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.

Creeping

Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

Moderate

Spreads with low, steady flames.

Active

Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.

Extreme

Fast and unpredictable.

Running

Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.

Flanking

Grows along the sides, not head-on.

Backing

Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.

Crowning

Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.

Short Crown Runs

Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.

Torching

Whole trees flaring up like torches.

Isolated Torching

Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.

Group Torching

Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.

Spotting

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.

Wind Driven Runs

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 333 acres of private land in Okfuskee County, the active Honey Fire is located nine miles southwest of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Active fire behavior is being driven by 2.5-foot tall grass fuels. Containment efforts have reached 80 percent, managed by a Type 4 Incident Command structure with 31 personnel assigned to the incident.

Satellites have detected three heat signatures near the perimeter over the past 48 hours. Human activity caused the start of the fire on September 27, 2026, which has accumulated $150,000 in costs so far.

This fire occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Across the country, 3,288,995 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that is 40 percent below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Oklahoma for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 333 acres — about 1.3 km². About 80% of the perimeter is contained — over half is secured, though hotspots remain.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.