Lake Ranch Fire
The Lake Ranch Fire was reported on September 24, 2026 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma and has burned 390 acres. It is 90 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 390 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- September 24, 2026
- Personnel
- 8
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.083, -95.848.
The incident
- Size
- 390 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- September 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 12 Miles NW from McAlester, OK
- County
- Pittsburg County
- State
- Oklahoma
- Nearest city reported
- McAlester
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-OKOKS-261177
- IRWIN identifier
- ACD81E7A-55A7-4E9F-ACC5-352453B02703
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 41%
- High of 91°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 (Sat, 7:00 AM CDT to Sat, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 2 µg/m³ around Sat, 3:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- McAlester, OK11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Krebs, OK13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Eufaula, OK21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Longtown, OK22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hartshorne, OK23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Wetumka, OK25 miles northwest 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 25, 2026 at 8:11 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-OKOKS-261177.