High Grounds Fire
The High Grounds Fire was reported on March 9, 2021 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma and burned 1,112 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,112 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 9, 2021
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped March 9, 2021 at 12:30 PM CST, 1,112 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 36.022, -95.161.
The incident
- Size
- 1,112 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 9, 2021 at 6:30 AM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 20 Miles Northwest of Tahlequah Oklahoma
- County
- Cherokee County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-OKOKS-300089
- IRWIN identifier
- A2E00DCA-F7A6-447D-82B8-4C57420EEB66
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lost City, OK covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lost City, OK3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Locust Grove, OK12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Wagoner, OK12 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Tahlequah, OK13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Chouteau, OK15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Park Hill, OK16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 7, 2021 at 10:43 AM CDT. Identifier 2021-OKOKS-300089.