Buck Creek
Pushmataha, OK ยท Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 597 acres in Pushmataha before dropping off the national incident feed.
597
Acres Burned
79
Days Burning
Aug 23, 2026
Discovered
1mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 100%Public Lands Nearby
8 public land units within 75 miles
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Official Park Alerts
Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service
Park Closure / Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Paving Project Final Phase-Road Closures and Delays November 9-November 13
Crews will be applying striping to roads and parking lots across the Platt District between Monday, November 9 and Friday, November 13. Expect flaggers and road closures on Perimeter Roads and at Veterans Lake. Some park areas will be close...
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Buck Creek update: 597 acres, 100% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Buck Creek containment moved from 90% to 100%.
IRWINBuck Creek update: 597 acres, 90% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Buck Creek containment moved from 80% to 90%.
IRWINBuck Creek update: 597 acres, 80% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Buck Creek containment moved from 40% to 80%.
IRWINBuck Creek update: 597 acres, 40% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Buck Creek containment moved from 25% to 40%.
IRWINBuck Creek update: 597 acres, 25% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Buck Creek grew 337 acres to 597 and containment moved from 10% to 25%.
IRWINBuck Creek mapped at 260 acres, 10% contained
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the Buck Creek at 260 acres, 10% contained.
IRWINTimeline
79 days since discovery
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Data Sources
Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.
IRWIN ID: a1a39c2f-f99b-4ae0-b111-24b18998e6ea
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