Wildfire, Choctaw
- When
- October 4, 11:00 AM CST to October 11, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Oklahoma, October 4 to 11, 2022
Unseasonably warm temperatures, strong wind gusts, and very low humidity combined with dormant, drought-stricken fuels to promote conditions that supported the rapid spread of wildfire across portions of southeastern Oklahoma during early October. Some of the numerous fires that started on the 4th or 5th of the month, continued to burn until the 11th, despite several days with low fire spread…
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Unseasonably warm temperatures, strong wind gusts, and very low humidity combined with dormant, drought-stricken fuels to promote conditions that supported the rapid spread of wildfire across portions of southeastern Oklahoma during early October. Some of the numerous fires that started on the 4th or 5th of the month, continued to burn until the 11th, despite several days with low fire spread potential due to cooler temperatures and higher humidity. The largest and most-persistent fires during this period affected Choctaw County, where over 800 acres were burned, and Le Flore County, where over 400 acres were burned.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Le Flore
- When
- October 7, 11:00 AM CST to October 11, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Le Flore forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Texas, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Missouri, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Minnesota, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Funnel Clouds in New Mexico, October 4, 2022
- Drought in Kansas, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Missouri, October 4 to 25, 2022
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, October 4, 2022
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1057043, 1057044.