Rush Fire
The Rush Fire was reported on October 24, 2024 in Comanche County, Oklahoma and burned 12,403 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2024.
- Size
- 12,403 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 24, 2024
- Personnel
- 13
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM CST, 12,462 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 34.743, -98.605.
The incident
- Size
- 12,403 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 24, 2024 at 3:17 PM CDT
- Contained
- November 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM CST
- Controlled
- December 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM CST
- Declared out
- December 31, 2024 at 8:00 AM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, North of Rush Lake, OK
- County
- Comanche County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Nearest city reported
- Lawton, OK
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-OKWMR-002793
- IRWIN identifier
- 641E3E69-A4ED-4D7C-B46E-C113EB0C5C48
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from October 25, 2024 (1,500 acres) to December 16, 2025 (12,462 acres). The largest one-day growth was 10,903 acres, mapped October 27, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 25, 2024 | 1,500 | |
| October 26, 2024 | 1,500 | 0 |
| October 27, 2024 | 12,403 | +10,903 |
| October 28, 2024 | 12,479 | +76 |
| October 29, 2024 | 12,488 | +9 |
| October 30, 2024 | 12,486 | -2 |
| October 31, 2024 | 12,495 | +9 |
| December 16, 2025 | 12,462 | -33 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cache, 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 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM CST. Identifier 2024-OKWMR-002793.