Black Kettle Fire

Perimeter mapped September 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM CDT, 1,526 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.759, -99.656.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Cheyenne

Size

1,527 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

September 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM CDT

Cause

Natural

Location

4 Miles SE from Roll, OK

County

Roger Mills County

State

Oklahoma

Protecting agency

DVF

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

2

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$153,085

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-OKOKS-261103

IRWIN identifier

5EEC581F-E215-4625-A963-95618CD7A294

• Wind up to 9 mph from the northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 40%
• High of 85°F

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

Full forecast for Cheyenne, 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 have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Mon, 10:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Cheyenne, OK10 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Elk City, OK28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Sayre, OK32 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Shattuck, OK38 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Burns Flat, OK39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Erick, OK39 miles south of the fire’s origin