Optima Fire
The Optima Fire was reported on December 16, 2016 in Texas County, Oklahoma and burned 4,769 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,769 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 34
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 36.676, -100.978.
The incident
- Size
- 4,769 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 16, 2016 at 2:30 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Texas County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-OKOKS-160035
- IRWIN identifier
- 587E6300-AE3E-4134-9DDD-F4C2B1B6FC6C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hooker, 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 December 21, 2016 at 9:00 PM CST. Identifier 2016-OKOKS-160035.