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Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref Nature Cherokee: 3,542: February 25: 2024 [1]Sand Creek Harper: 2,645: February 26: 2024: Caused by human activity.
Wildfires in Oklahoma map. Fires affecting northwest Oklahoma Wednesday, as of 6 a.m.: Smokehouse Creek Fire: 0% contained, 300,000 acres. Catesby Fire: 0% contained ...
Former residence located within the boundaries of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. A fire destroyed much of the interior in 2010. A restoration process begun in 2019 concluded with the placing of a commemorative marker in 2021. 16: First Christian Church: First Christian Church: March 12, 1985 : 701 D Ave.
Refuge Manager Amber Zimmerman said there have not been any impacts to public use facilities, the visitor center or the parallel forest.
The largest active Oklahoma fire is the Rush Fire which has burned more than 12,000 acres in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, about 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. The Rush ...
The fire started five miles (8.0 km) west of the city along Highway 36 and westerly winds of up to 30 mph (48 km/h) spread the flames into town burning a total of 7,665 acres (31 km 2) of land. The fire spared the near-century-old house (now a museum) of Robert E. Howard , author of the Conan the Barbarian books.
Luther, Oklahoma, a town in Oklahoma County just 24 miles (39 km) outside Oklahoma City, was severely damaged by a wildfire on August 3–4, 2012. The blazes covered 80,000 acres (320 km 2) and destroyed 24 houses before the winds abated sufficiently to bring the fire under control. Making the firefighters' work harder, the fire shut down ...
The Oklahoma Gazette is a free alt-weekly online website featuring mostly news of Greater Oklahoma City restaurants, clubs, music and local trends. The Gazette was formerly a print weekly newspaper distributed throughout the Oklahoma City metro area via more than 800 now defunct rack locations and via its official website. It covers local and ...