Ponderosa Fire
The Ponderosa Fire was reported on December 11, 2025 in Adair County, Oklahoma and burned 640 acres. It was declared out on January 22, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 640 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 11, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM CDT, 60 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 35.751, -94.536.
The incident
- Size
- 640 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM CST
- Contained
- December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM CST
- Controlled
- January 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM CST
- Declared out
- January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 40 Miles SE from Stillwell, OK
- County
- Adair County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-OKOZPR-002504
- IRWIN identifier
- E4E54C22-F66C-4111-94D8-6B7B272F98FF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bell, OK covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bell, OK3 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Stilwell, OK7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lincoln, AR15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cedarville, AR16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Westville, OK17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Prairie Grove, AR20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Oklahoma wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
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 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-OKOZPR-002504.