Caddo County, Oklahoma · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
0 acres Aug 22, 9:00 AM
|
370 acres
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
+370 acres
was 0 acres · Aug 22, 9:00 AM
|
+370 acres
in 25 days
|
| Containment |
95% Sep 4, 4:00 PM
|
100%
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
+5 percent
was 95% · Sep 4, 4:00 PM
|
+5 percent
in 12 days
|
| Crew size |
13 Aug 29, 3:00 PM
|
6
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
−7
was 13 · Aug 29, 3:00 PM
|
−7
in 18 days
|
| Money spent | — |
$100,000
Sep 16, 4:00 AM
|
— |
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The Sugar Creek Fire is a wildfire near Caddo County, Oklahoma. It has burned about 370 acres (about 280 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. About 6 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 16th at 4:00 a.m. CDT.
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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.
Overnight
75°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 9 mph SSE · 2% chance of rain
Wednesday
100°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 7 to 12 mph S · 20% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
73°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Clear
Wind 6 to 12 mph SSE · 20% chance of rain
Thursday
99°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph S · 3% chance of rain
Thursday Night
73°F · Clear
Wind 7 to 10 mph SSE · 3% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 16th at 4:01 a.m. CDT.
Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.
8° slope
Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.
0% tree canopy cover
The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.
1,441 ft elevation
Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.
Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Thursday, September 10th at 3:54 p.m. CDT.
About 6 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $100,000 has been spent on it so far.
The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.
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 8 other active fires, closest first:
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