While the disasterous winds of early March might have eased in recent days, the wildfire danger persists across Oklahoma.
Here’s what the Oklahoma Forestry Services reported over the weekend:
“Fire danger will remain a headline through the near-term forecast especially across the northern and western regions
of Oklahoma. While fire weather may not eclipse the critical threshold, the fuels component contributing to expected fire behavior is ripe for supporting problematic and extreme fire behavior potential.”
It further observed that elevated fire weather over very receptive fuels “remains the focal point, and firefighters should again anticipate challenging conditions.”
Many of the state’s large fires are not under control as cited by the Forestry Services office.
Ongoing Large / Significant Fire Activity within the OFS Protection Area:(>100 Acres Timber / >300 Acres Grass/Brush)
• Rocktown Fire (Pushmataha County) – 1,711 Acres / 40% Contained
• Second Mountain Fire (Latimer County) – 106 Acres / 60% Contained
• Blackbird Creek Fire (Cherokee County) – 245 Acres / 60% Contained
• Eldon Fire (Cherokee County) – 320 Acres / 60% Contained
• Hog Trap Fire (Cherokee County) – 108 Acres / 75% Contained
• Channel 2 Fire (McCurtain County) – 142 Acres / 90% Contained
• Doublehead South Fire (Adair County) – 673 Acres / 80% Contained
• Plan B Fire (Latimer County) – 2,100 Acres / 80% Contained
Fire Activity with OFS Response Outside of the Protection Area: No New Fire Response
• 840 Road Fire (Roger Mills/Dewey County) – 27,855 Acres / 70% Contained
• Oak Street Fire (Pawnee County) – 8,750 Acres / 55% Contained
• Camargo Fire (Dewey County) – 6,075 Acres / 70% Contained
• Little Salt Creek Fire (Pawnee County) – 11,190 Acres / 50% Contained
• Hickory Hills Fire (Oklahoma County) – 6,643 Acres / 60% Contained
• 33 Road Fire (Logan/Payne Counties) – 33,410 Acres / 60% Contained
• Euchee Valley Fire (Payne County) – 8,512 Acres / 80% Contained
• 328 Road Fire (Pawnee County) – 470 Acres / 30% Contained
As for this week, “Elevated fire weather on Monday remains a concern with above normal temperatures and afternoon relative humidity values below 20% across most of Oklahoma. Windspeeds, however, will be a bit less daunting holding
fire spread potential lower than what has been experienced previously.”