Bender Fire
The Bender Fire was reported on March 23, 2016 in Osage County, Oklahoma and burned 2,293 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,293 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 23, 2016
- Personnel
- 4
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.505, -96.919.
The incident
- Size
- 2,293 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 23, 2016 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Osage County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-OKOSA-016072
- IRWIN identifier
- 33B7B070-5C44-4C24-8D9F-08DB24EB4816
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairfax, OK covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM CDT. Identifier 2016-OKOSA-016072.