Cotton County, Oklahoma · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
26 acres
Aug 11, 9:00 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The French Fire is a wildfire near Cotton County, Oklahoma. It has burned about 26 acres (about 20 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 4 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 11th at 9:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
Tonight
76°F · Clear
Wind 10 mph S · 1% chance of rain
Wednesday
104°F · Sunny
Wind 10 to 16 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
77°F · Clear
Wind 12 to 16 mph S · 0% chance of rain
Thursday
104°F · Sunny
Wind 14 to 18 mph S · 0% chance of rain
Thursday Night
76°F · Clear
Wind 13 to 18 mph S · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 11th at 9:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 4 other active fires, closest first:
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