Merritt Fire
The Merritt Fire was reported on March 16, 2018 in Beckham County, Oklahoma and burned 1,466 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,466 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2018
- Personnel
- 30
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.307, -99.470.
The incident
- Size
- 1,466 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2018 at 2:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 4 miles south of Elk City, OK
- County
- Beckham County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 30
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $41,250
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-OKOKS-180021
- IRWIN identifier
- E0E379C9-5F7C-40B9-9EE6-C84139DC5F94
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Elk City, 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 March 18, 2018 at 3:09 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-OKOKS-180021.