Started on Aug 13, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
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Quick facts
- Location
- 3 miles east of Nashoba, OK
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 18 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalCreeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.Backing — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
- 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 for eleven days through private timber and understory land, the 703-acre Snake Mountain Fire in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, has reached full containment with zero remaining threat of spread, though suppression efforts continue at a total cost of $32,007. Located three miles east of Nashoba, the incident was managed by a Type 4 Incident Commander directing a modest crew of 18 personnel on what was classified as a Type 4 Incident.
The fire advanced at an average daily growth of approximately 64 acres per day before achieving its 100 percent containment status, with final fire behavior observed as minimal, creeping, and backing. Sparked by human activity on August 13, 2026, the blaze unfolded within a region where the typical fire season spans from June to October. This local event occurred against a broader national backdrop in 2026, during which 2,993,191 hectares have burned across the country—marking a total that sits 45 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Oklahoma for 20 days. In total it burned about 703 acres — around 2.8 km².
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 3,288,995 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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