Meers Fire, Oklahoma — Map & Containment

Meers Fire, Oklahoma — Sentinel-2 true color

Meers 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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Key facts

Source: NIFC

Location8 miles northwest of Meers, OK

What's burningShort Grass (1 foot)

How it's behavingMinimalCreeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

ComplexityType 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.

JurisdictionPrivate land

Cost so far$572,560

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.

The story so far

Summary written on Oct 1, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning across private land in Comanche County, Oklahoma, the Meers Fire has reached 100 percent containment after scorching 914 acres. Located eight miles northwest of Meers, the 23-day-old incident advanced at an approximate average daily growth rate of 40 acres per day since its ignition on September 8, 2026. Fire behavior on the landscape is currently minimal and creeping, consuming short grass standing about one foot tall.

Suppression efforts for this Type 5 incident involved a small contingent of two personnel operating under a Type 5 Incident Commander, bringing total expenditures for the operation to $572,560. The wider fire context in 2026 shows a national burn total of 3,318,049 hectares, marking a figure that sits 39 percent below the two-decade average. This activity occurred within the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October.