Bitter Creek Fire

Perimeter mapped September 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM CDT, 113 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.906, -98.435.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Watonga

Size

113 acres

Containment

Not reported

Discovered

September 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM CDT

Cause

Human

County

Blaine County

State

Oklahoma

Protecting agency

BIA

Land ownership at origin

Private

Incident management

Type 5 Incident

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OKCOA-003010

IRWIN identifier

0C54F874-AB87-4F7F-9598-42B04EC4BA0F

• Wind up to 8 mph from the north-northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 48%
• High of 88°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Watonga, OK

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 10:00 AM CDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 1.1 µg/m³ around Sun, 11:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Watonga, OK4 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Okeene, OK16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Geary, OK20 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Thomas, OK21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Fairview, OK25 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Kingfisher, OK28 miles east of the fire’s origin