Grounded Squirrel Fire
The Grounded Squirrel Fire was reported on September 19, 2026 in Love County, Oklahoma and has burned 0.7 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.942, -97.126.
The incident
- Size
- 1 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM CDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Love County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-OKCHA-002958
- IRWIN identifier
- 72B858D5-D186-4F51-AD3F-FA3CD086019E
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the south-southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 39%
- High of 97°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
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.
Smoke
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 0.3 µg/m³ around Mon, 8:00 AM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Marietta, OKUnder a mile southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ardmore, OK16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lone Grove, OK18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sherwood Shores, TX19 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Dickson, OK19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gainesville, TX22 miles south 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 September 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-OKCHA-002958.