2025 Oklahoma wildfires

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Total area170,000 acres[1]
Deaths4[2]
Non-fatal injuries142[3]
Structures destroyed300+[4]
2025 Oklahoma wildfires
Large wildfire in Oklahoma on March 14, 2025.
Statistics
Total area170,000 acres[1]
Impacts
Deaths4[2]
Non-fatal injuries142[3]
Structures destroyed300+[4]
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The 2025 Oklahoma wildfires were a series of wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Drought Monitor on March 25, 2025

Fire season in Oklahoma typically occurs in the early and late months of the year, such as November or March. Due to the grassy fuels in Oklahoma, one of the main factors that pushes fires is wind and dry fuels.[5] Peak fire season is usually in March, the windiest month on record for Oklahoma.[6]

Summary

The 2025 Oklahoma wildfire season began in late February with multiple fires over 1,000 acres due to severe Red flag conditions across the state caused by high winds.[7] By March 5, most of these fires were marked contained. On March 14, a major historic storm event caused high winds to push over 130 fires throughout the state rapidly, destroying over 300 homes and burning over 170,000 acres.[8] On March 15, Governor Kevin Stitt declared a state of emergency due to the wildfires, which caused one death and over 100 injuries.[9][10][11] Wildfires continued to occur in the state throughout the month of March.

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), produced significant structural damage, or resulted in casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date[a] Notes Ref.
Mason Mountain Pushmataha1,871February 28March 4[13]
River Ranch Hughes1,100March 1March 4[14]
Saddle Gap Latimer12,327March 1
March 12
[15]
Red Oak Peak Latimer1,267March 1March 5[16]
Low Water Pittsburg1,984March 1March 5[17]
Rough Rock McIntosh1,005March 2March 4[18]
Acorn Osage3,070March 10March 17[19]
Nadel Osage2,398March 11March 17[20]
Bear Osage2,345March 12March 20[21]
840 Road Roger Mills, Dewey27,866March 14March 25Destroyed 1 structure.[22]
Tango Osage2,731March 14
April 3
[23]
Euchee Valley/Underwood Payne8,512March 14March 26Destroyed 9 structures.[24]
Hickory Hill Road/Luther Logan, Oklahoma6,643March 14March 24Destroyed 13 structures.[25]
Camargo Dewey6,075March 14March 23Destroyed 2 structures.[26]
Stillwater Payne7,639March 14March 26Destroyed 202 homes in Stillwater. 12 were in the emergency room for "smoke inhalation or patients on home care who needed to evacuate."[27][28]
Big Eagle Osage10,230March 14March 24Destroyed 12 structures.[29]
Hellroaring Creek Pawnee10,900March 14March 18Destroyed 3 structures.[30]
Little Salt Creek Creek11,192March 14March 26Destroyed 29 structures.[31]
Oak Street Osage8,750March 14March 26[32]
1980 Road Roger Mills1,700March 14March 18[33]
33 Road Logan, Payne31,245March 14March 30Destroyed 160 structures.[34]
Cedar Hill Osage1,560March 14March 20Destroyed 3 structures.[35]
East Stich Osage1,660March 16March 20[36]
Tiger Mount McIntosh1,630March 17March 23[37]
Rugged Mtn Pittsburg1,463March 17March 22[38]
Flying J Latimer1,154March 18March 19[39]
Plan B Latimer3,231March 18March 25 [40]
Pale Rock Osage1,100March 21March 24[41]
Boar Creek Osage2,030March 22April 1[42]
Rocktown Pushmataha1,711March 23March 26[43]
Red Hill McIntosh1,673March 24March 28[44]
Salt Creek Sequoyah1,657March 24March 29[45]
Walnut Okfuskee1,558March 25March 28[46]
South Tiger McIntosh1,909March 26March 28[47]
Happy Hill Road Pittsburg1,152March 27March 30[48]
Last Chance Delaware1,200April 14[49]
Perimeters of wildfires in Oklahoma during 2025 (Red: >1000 acres) (map data)

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