Ouachita National Forest
 
 

Fire Information

 Current Fire Information

State and National Fire Information:

  • Arkansas - Arkansas Forestry Commission provides information on burn bans, prescribed fires, and wildfire danger throughout Arkansas
  • Oklahoma -Oklahoma Forestry Services provides information on burn bans for Oklahoma
  • National- Wildland Fire Assessment System provides fire danger rating on a national level
  • InciWeb -Incident Information System - wildfire incidents throughout the country
  • Wild Web - Wild Cad indicating all incidents for Arkansas and Oklahoma
  • Arkansas-Oklahoma Interagency Coordination Center (AOICC) -directs suppression response activites and mobilization of forces in support of regional and national emergencies.

Fire Media Guide:

Resource for reporters working on stories involving fire in both the Ouachita and the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests

Prescribed Fire Information (or call 1-888-243-1042):

Link to Prescribed fires for the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
 

Prescribed Fires Ouachita National Forest
Date Ranger District/ Burn Name County Vicinity # of Acres
3/21/19 Caddo-Womble / Caddo Pond Montgomery Glenwood 1134
3/21/19 Mena-Oden / Macedonia Montgomery Sims 207
3/21/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight Block 13 Scott Waldron 1835
3/21/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight Block 4 Scott Waldron 935
3/21/19 Oklahoma / Harvey Mt East LeFlore Whitesboro 1897
3/20/19 Mena-Oden/Gracie Road Polk Acorn 1018
3/19/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche/Phillips Orchard Garland Jessieville 1642
3/19/19 Mena-Oden/Johnson Creek 1 Scott Y-City 1642
3/19/19 Poteau-Cold Springs/Hogan Mtn RX Scott Waldron 2461
3/19/19 Caddo-Womble/Fulton Branch 3,4,5,7 Montgomery Mount Ida 2351
3/19/19 Caddo-Womble/Fulton Branch 8,9 Montgomery Mount Ida 1499
3/19/19 Oklahoma/MCSA_NE-205 McCurtain Buffalo 205
3/18/19 Caddo-Womble/Mount Ida 3 Mongomery Mount Ida 378
3/18/19 Caddo-Womble/Mauldin Fields Mongomery Mount Ida 157
3/18/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche/  Red Bank Block 1 Montgomery Fannie 273
3/18/19 Mena-Oden/  Johnson Highway Scott Y-City 70
3/18/19 Poteau-Cold Springs/  Hogan Mtn RX Scott Waldron 1075
3/18/19 Oklahoma/  MCWA_West-Cooperville McCurtain Cooperville 330
3/17/19 Caddo-Womble / LSF 12 & Mount Ida 17 Montgomery Glenwood 1,307
3/17/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche/ Avant Block 7 Garland Buckville 325
3/17/19 Mena-Oden / Sandbox South Scott Oden 2,104
3/17/19 Oklahoma / Well Hollow LeFlore Whitesboro 760
3/17/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Lake Shadley Scott Waldron 500
3/17/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Trespass Rx Scott Waldron 1,224
3/16/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Avant Blocks 2,3,4,6 Garland Buckville 2,642
3/16/19 Mena-Oden / Dry Creek Scott Eagleton 1,274
3/16/19 Oklahoma / Stoney Creek LeFlore Kerr Nature Center 567
3/16/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Fox Hunter Regens Scott Waldron 515
3/15/19 Poteau-Cold Springs Scott Waldron 99
3/15/19 Mena-Oden Scott Harvey 315
3/15/19 Mena-Oden  Scott Blackfork 104
3/7/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Iron Springs Admin Site CANCELLED Garland Jessieville 2
3/6/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Ross Creek Regens Scott Waldron 279
3/6/19 Oklahoma / Holly Creek McCurtain Mt Herman 1684
3/6/19 Caddo-Womble / Bear Den Montgomery Mount Ida 2190
3/6/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Avant Block #5 Garland Buckville 225
3/6/19 Mena-Oden / Muddy Mountain Montgomery Sims 2345
3/5/19 Caddo-Womble / Mount Ida 13 Womble Office Montgomery Mount Ida 81
3/5/19 Caddo-Womble / Hickory Nut Mtn Admin Area Montgomery Mount Ida 5
3/5/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Scottside 13A & 13B Scott Waldron 80
3/5/19 Mena-Oden / Grapevine Bluestem Montgomery Y-City 27
3/5/19 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Red Bank Block 3 Montgomery Garland Story 641
3/5/19 Oklahoma / Buf Jack-Hee Tower McCurtain Buf Jack-Hee TWR 2680
3/4/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Mudd Creek Regens Scott Waldron 63
3/4/19 Mena-Oden / Mill Creek Bluestem Scott Y-City 200
3/4/19 Oklahoma / MCWA West - Cooperville CANCELLED MC Cooperville 330
2/25/19 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight Regin's Scott Waldron 193
2/25/19 Caddo-Womble / Seed Orchard Interior Montgomery Mount Ida 690
2/13/19 Mena-Oden / Harvey Ridge Scott Y-City 121

Ozark-St. Francis National Forests:
Planned Prescribed fires for the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests:
 

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Prescribed Fires - Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
Date Ranger District/Burn Name County Vicinity # of Acres
3/21/19 Buffalo National River - Marion Flippin 950
3/21/19 Big Piney / Slusher Blackline Newton Deer 500
3/20/19 Sylamore/Bearhead Blackline Baxter/Stone Calico Rock 400
3/19/19 Magazine/Corley Pasture Block 1 Logan Corley 295
3/19/19 Sylamore/Cap Fork/Carney Baxter/Stone Big Flat 3712
3/19/19 Pleasant Hill/Lynn Hollow2, Arbaugh Madison/Johnson Oark 201
3/19/19 Big Piney/Payne Ridge milti-Day Pope Victor 3494
3/19/19 Boston Mountain/Whiskey Springs Crawford Natural Dam 935
3/18/19 Pleasant Hill/  Lynn Hollow Johnson/Madison Oark 1348
3/18/19 Pleasant Hill/  Separator Block B Johnson Oark 2100
3/18/19 Sylamore/CARNEY 1 Baxter/Stone Big Flat 532
3/18/19 Big Piney/Payne Ridge Pope Victor 730
3/17/19 Big Piney / Reeves Branch Pope / Searcy Witts Springs 2762
3/17/19 Boston Mountain/ Whiskey springs Crawford Natural Dam 260
3/17/19 Pleasant Hill / Separator Block A Johnson Oark 668
3/17/19 Sylamore / Cap Fork 2 Baxter / Stone Big Flat 579
3/16/19 Big Piney / Blue Hole Pope Hector 1,179
3/16/19 Boston Mountain / Alexander Mountain Franklin / Crawford Fern 3,600
3/16/19 Pleasant Hill / Hare Mtn Franklin Cass 1,589
3/7/19 National Park Service / Lower Buffalo Wilderness Marion Flippin 600
3/6/19 Sylamore / Cap Fork Block 1 Baxter Big Flat 418
3/6/19 Big Piney / John Mountain Van Buren Austin & Lost Corner 1185
3/6/19 National Park Service / Lower Buffalo Wilderness Marion Flippin 600
3/6/19 Pleasant Hill / Sarah Hollow Johnson Oark 2319
3/5/19 Big Piney / White Oak Blacklining Pope Hector 3638
3/5/19 Sylamore / Blanchard Campgrounds Stone Fifty Six 20
3/5/19 Boston Mountain / Alexander Mountain Block 3 Franklin Fern 820
3/5/19 Pleasant Hill / Barnes Blocks A, B, C, D Franklin Cass 779
2/26/19 Big Piney / Armstead Mountain Van Buren Lost Corner 231
2/25/19 Sylamore / Optimus Field Stone Optimus 76
2/25/19 Pleasant Hill / Baker - Mayo Johnson & Franklin Oark 100
2/25/19 Big Piney / Brogden-Shields Pope Tilly 3530
2/25/19 Boston Mountain / Ragtown Franklin Fern 860
2/13/19 Big Piney / Oak Mountain Demo Pope Hector 231

Link to Prescribed fires for the Ouachita National Forest

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