Quassarte Fire
The Quassarte Fire was reported on March 16, 2017 in Hughes County, Oklahoma and burned 2,218 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,218 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2017
- Personnel
- 26
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.183, -96.157.
The incident
- Size
- 2,218 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2017 at 3:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Hughes County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 26
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $185,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-OKOMA-017047
- IRWIN identifier
- B6164755-1179-40E2-969C-ADA7FBE1BD23
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wetumka, OK covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 29, 2017 at 1:14 PM CDT. Identifier 2017-OKOMA-017047.