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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
 

MAP - Proposed Burns FY18
 

Prescribed Fires Ouachita National Forest
Date Ranger District/ Burn Name County Vicinity # of Acres
6/7/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 6 Scott Waldron 160
5/14/18 Caddo-Womble / Mt. Ida (Womble Admin Area) Montomery Mount Ida 163
5/14/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 1 continued Scott Waldron 177
5/12/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 1 Scott Waldron 436
5/11/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 3 Scott Waldron 419
5/10/18 Mena-Oden / Mena VIS Polk Mena 75
5/9/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 2 Scott Waldron 204
5/8/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Buffalo 1 Scott Waldron 453
5/7/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight 9110 Scott Waldron 198
4/30/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Campbell Hollow 9 Scott Waldron 888
4/30/18 Caddo-Womble / Alamo 11 Montgomery Glenwood 561
4/30/18 Mena-Oden / Pencil Bluff 9 Montgomery Pencil Bluff 231
4/20/18 Poteau - Cold Springs / Andy Knight 12 Scott Waldron 1313
4/19/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight 9110 Scott Waldron 2127
4/19/18 Caddo-Womble / Bonnerdale 9 Garland Glenwood 96
4/19/18 Caddo-Womble / LSF 13 North DAR Montgomery Mount Ida 14
4/18/18 Mena-Oden / Pencil Bluff Woodland Montgomery Sims 326
4/18/18 Oklahome / Cedar Glade McCurtain Haworth (6 miles SW) 661
4/17/18 Mena - Oden / Big Brushy Montgomery Oden 890
4/17/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Walker Mtn East Scott Bates 3029
4/17/18 Caddo-Womble / Little Fir 12 Montgomery Mount Ida 1832
4/17/18 Caddo-Womble / 4H Old Growth Montgomery Mount Ida 805
4/17/18 Oklahoma / Holly Creek -CANCELLED  McCurtain Bethel 0
4/16/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Walker 7 Scott Bates 743
4/16/18 Mena-Oden / Blowout Montgomery Blackfork 717
4/12/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Walker Mountain 45 Scott Waldron 1019
4/11/18 Mena-Oden / Blackfork Charlie Scott Blackfork 1903
4/11/18 Oklahoma / Holly Creek McCurtain Bethel 3840
4/11/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Walker Mountain 23 Scott Waldron 1471
4/11/18 Caddo-Womble / Bonnerdale 5 Garland Glenwood 280
4/10/18 Mena-Oden / Blackfork 31 Scott Blackfork 498
4/10/18 Oklahoma / Bokhoma McCurtain Haworth 460
4/10/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Scottside 1 Scott Waldron 171
4/5/18 Mena-Oden / Blackfork Bravo Scott Blackfork 2023
4/5/18 Caddo-Womble / 4H Old Growth Montgomery Mount Ida 805
4/4/18 Oklahoma / MCWA Whiteoak McCurtain Bethel 6187
4/4/18 Caddo-Womble / Golden Road 6 Pike Glenwood 192
3/31/18 Mena-Oden / Blackfork Alpha Scott Blackfork 2305
3/30/18 Oklahoma / Buck Creek McCurtain Bethel 1288
3/24/18 Mena-Oden / Chula 2 Yell Aly 1700
3/24/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Walker West Scott Waldron 1788
3/24/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Scottside NW Scott Waldron 2112
3/23/18 Mena-Oden / Johnson Creek 3 Scott Y-City 2193
3/22/18 Mena-Oden / Chula 1 Yell Aly 2500
3/22/18 Oklahoma / Blackjack South LeFlore Whitesboro 2000
3/22/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Key Mountain 32 Scott Waldron 2737
3/21/18 Mena-Oden / Briery Creek Polk Blackfork 60
3/21/18 Oklahoma / Panther Creek 2 SU 2 & Buffalo Creek McCurtain Smithville 2402
3/21/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Henry Mountain Scott Waldron 2724
3/21/18 Caddo-Womble / Bonnerdale 1 & 2 Garland Glenwood 1019
3/20/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Maple Springs Yell Havanna 1243
3/20/18 Caddo-Womble / Bashaw Mtn Montgomery Mount Ida 2551
3/20/18 Mena-Oden / Ashcraft Polk Cove 35
3/19/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Scottside West Scott Waldron 1011
3/17/18 Mena-Oden / M04 Scott Blackfork 234
3/17/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Red Bank Garland Story 828
3/17/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Scottside Center Scott Waldron 1339
3/14/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / East Horshoe 15 Scott Waldron 2316
3/14/18 Mena-Oden / 17A Yell Aly 774
3/14/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Philips Orchard Garland Hamilton 497
3/14/18 Caddo-Womble / Little Fir 10 Montgomery Mount Ida 1038
3/13/18 Mena-Oden / Blagg Hollow Yell Gravelly 901
3/13/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Cove Creek East - Y25A Perry Hollis 1660
3/13/18 Poteau - Cold Springs / Campbell Hollow North Scott Waldron 2202
3/13/18 Caddo-Womble / W15 Montgomery & Garland Crystal Springs 1795
3/13/18 Oklahoma / Western Loop E Leflore Big Cedar 1730
3/12/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Road Rx Yell Story 351
3/12/18 Mena-Oden / Bee Knob Yell Gravelly 1383
3/12/18 Oklahoma / Golden Branch Leflore Big Cedar 4997
3/12/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Campbell Hollow N Scott Waldron 2055
3/12/18 Caddo-Womble / Bonnerdale Old Growth Garland Bonnerdale 931
3/12/18 Caddo-Womble / Bonnerdale #3 Garland Bonnerdale 571
3/9/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Road Rx Yell Story 351
3/9/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Cedar Creek Yell, Scott Briggsville 1871
3/9/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / West Walker S Scott Waldron 2820
3/9/18 Mena-Oden / Upper Tomato Scott NE of Mena 726
3/9/18 Oklahoma / Panther Creek 2SU 1 & 2 McCurtain Smithville 1022
3/9/18 Caddo-Womble / Little Fir 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 Montgomery Lake Ouachita 3012
3/8/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Comp 441/442 Yell/Scott Gravelly 1718
3/8/18 Mena-Oden / Gafford 2 Yell Little Texas 1298
3/8/18 Oklahoma / Blackjack West Leflore Talihina 2395
3/8/18 Caddo-Womble / W15 Garland Crystal Springs 1795
3/8/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Mudcreek NW Scott Waldron 1737
3/7/18 Mena-Oden / Pencil Bluff 1 Montgomery Gravelly 329
3/7/18 Oklahoma / Blackjack East Leflore Talihina 2805
3/7/18 Caddo-Womble / Golden Rd 4, 5, 6 Pike Glenwood 1078
3/7/18 Caddo-Womble / C97 Old Growth Montgomery Glenwood 963
3/7/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / West Walker North Scott Cauthron 2821
2/27/18 Oklahoma / EE East   Cache, OK 117
2/9/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Road Rx Yell Story 751
2/8/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Denton Creek ISO4 Scott Waldron 100
2/7/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight 92A ISO Scott Waldron 52
2/5/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Denton Creek ISO #3 Scott Waldron 150
2/5/18 Mena - Oden / Oden Dump Montgomery Oden 134
2/5/18 Oklahoma / Buffalo 1856 McCurtain Smithville 456
2/5/18 Caddo-Womble / Charlton Garland Crystal Springs 72
2/4/18 Oklahoma / Panther Creek 2 McCurtain Smithville 1497
2/2/18 Mena - Oden / Johnson Highway Strip Scott Y-City 70
2/2/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Mill Moss subunits #2 & #3 Yell Danville 64
2/2/18 Oklahoma / Caney Creek North McCurtain Shinewell 615
1/31/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Mill Moss Yell Danville 105
1/30/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Denton Creek ISO #2 Scott Waldron 150
1/30/18 Caddo-Womble / Seed Orchard Interior Montgomery 3 miles East of Mt. Ida 690
1/30/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Lake Sylvia Perry Williams Junction 55
1/26/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Lower South Fourche Block #2 Garland Hollis 30
1/25/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Denton Creek Iso #1 Scott   256
1/25/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Little Blakely Site Prep  Garland Hot Springs Village 33
1/19/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / East Horseshoe 1288/07 Scott Nella 48
1/19/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Mill Moss site Prep Rx Yell Danville 72
1/18/18 Oklahoma / S Buffalo 1856 McCurtain Nani-Chito 120
1/18/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Campbell Hollow 1 group select Scott Cauthron 511
1/17/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Andy Knight isolation 1 Scott Waldron 79
1/6/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Henry Mountain Isolations Scott Nella 61
1/6/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche/ Lower South Fourche 3 & 4 Perry Nimrod 44
1/5/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Henry Mountain Isolations Scott Nella 93
1/5/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Lower South Fourche 1 Perry Hollis 20.5
1/4/18 Oklahoma / Blackjack South LeFlore Whitesboro 462
1/4/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Henry Mountain ISO Sott Nella 18
1/4/18 Jessieville-Winona-Fourche / Rock Creek 1 Perry Perryville 53
1/3/18 Poteau-Cold Springs / Ross Creek clear Cut Scott Boles 40
1/3/18 Oklahoma - Caney Creek North McCurtain Shinewell 423
11/20/17 Poteau-Cold Springs / 515 Regens Scott Waldron 150
10/26/17 Poteau-Cold Springs / Turkey Creek Site Preps Scott Boles 52

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

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MAP - Proposed Burns FY18

Prescribed Fires - Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
Date Ranger District/Burn Name County Vicinity # of Acres
4/30/18 Big Piney / Bear Cat East Searcy / Newton Mt. Judea 900
4/19/18 Mount Magazine / Spring Lake Yell Bellville 4
4/19/18 Mount Magazine / Cove Lake Logan Corley 10
4/11/18 Pleasant Hill / Murray Creek Johnson Ozone 1494
4/11/18 Mount Magazine / Calico Gutter Rock Logan Corley 1626
4/10/18 Pleasant Hill / Sie Hollow Newton Fallsville 1098
4/4/18 Boston Mountain / White Rock Rec Area Franklin Fern 59
3/23/18 Sylamore / Panther Mountain Stone Optimus 913
3/22/18 Sylamore / Blanchard TSI Block Stone Fifty Six 60
3/21/18 Mount Magazine / Lee Logan Corley 248
3/21/18 Mount Magazine / Hard Burr Franklin Fern 1855
3/16/18 Pleasant Hill / Brushy-Barnes 2 Franklin Cass 2500
3/15/18 Pleasant Hill / Brushy-Barnes Franklin Cass 4500
3/15/18 Mount Magazine / Crossberry Logan & Yell New Blaine 2977
3/15/18 Big Piney / Middle Mountain Pope Pleasant Valley 2385
3/15/18 Sylamore / Blanchard Stone Fifty Six 1896
3/14/18 Boston Mountain / Alexander Mountain Crawford Fern 3022
3/14/18 Pleasant Hill / Little Horse Johnson Coal Hill 1350
3/14/18 Mount Magazine / Ball Springs Logan Corley 1263
3/13/18 Big Piney / Evans Mtn Van Buren Appleton 1425
3/13/18 Sylamore / City Rock Stone Lone Rock, Fifty Six 349
3/13/18 Mount Magazine / Hovey & Barn Branch Yell Bellville 1741
3/9/18 Sylamore / Birmingham Baxter, Stone Lone Rock, Fifty-Six 3913
3/9/18 Big Piney / Mills Conway Jerusalem 1436
3/8/18 Mt. Magazine Logan Magazie 51
3/8/18 Boston Mountain Crawford Chester 3072
3/8/18 Buffalo National River / Rough Edge Searcy St. Joe 500
3/8/18 Pleasant Hill / Sally Ann Johnson Hagarville 1350
3/8/18 Mt. Magazine / Liberty Block 5 Logan Corley 367
3/8/18 St. Francis / Storm Creek A and LaGrange Phillips

 

Storm Creek, Crownley Ridge, High Rd

Storm Creek - 652

LaGrange - 821
3/7/18 St Francis / Storm Creek B Phillips Storm Creek, Crowley Ridge, High Rd 641
3/7/18 Big Piney / Big Point Searcy Witt Springs 4034
3/7/18 Big Piney / Hess Johnson West of Bowman Hollow 4115
3/7/18 Pleasant Hill / Texas Johnson Woods Mtn / Ozone 124
3/7/18 Buffalo National River / Mill Creek Newton Jasper 1005
3/3/18 Boston Mountain / Wedington Gap Washington Fayetteville 1312
3/3/18 Boston Mountain / Birchfield Crawford Natural Dam 2216
3/3/18 Big Piney / Falling Water Pope / Searcy Witts Springs 3600
3/2/18 Big Piney / Falling Water Blacklining Pope/ Searcy Witts Springs 500
2/27/18 Mt. Magazine / Site Prep Block 5 Yell Harkey Valley 23
2/15/18 Mt. Magazine / Site Prep Block 1 & Block 4 Logan Driggs

Blk 4 - 40
Blk 1 - 54 
2/9/18 Sylamore / Tarwater Stone Optimus 2300
2/8/18 Sylamore / Tarwater Block4 Stone Optimus 75
2/8/18 Boston Mountain/ Deer East Franklin Fern 1374
2/8/18 Mount Magazine / Site Prep Block 2 Logan Corley 86
2/5/18 Pleasant Hill / Redding Franklin Cass 1000
2/5/18 Big Piney / Pilot Rock Johnson Hagarville 1000
2/2/18 Big Piney / Rock Creek West Van Buren White Oak 360
2/2/18 Sylamore / Sugarloaf Blk 1 & 2 Stone Culp 431
2/2/18 Mt. Magazine / Lee Block2 Logan Corley 195
2/1/18 Sylamore / Sugarloaf Block 1 Stone Optimus 56
2/1/18 Boston Mountain / Tower Benton Fayetteville 365
1/31/18 Sylamore / Tarwater Block 3 and 4 Stone Optimus 140
1/31/18 Mount Magazine / Lee Block 1 & Private Lane Logan Corley 557
1/31/18 Buffalo National River / Angle Fields Newton Marble Falls 112
1/30/18 Pleasant Hill / Baker Franklin & Johnson Turner Bend, Oark 67
1/30/18 Pleasant Hill / Yale Franklin & Johnson Turner Bend, Oark 90
1/30/18 Pleasant Hill / Mayo Franklin & Johnson Turner Bend, Oark 248
1/30/18 Big Piney / Kincannon South Van Buren Jerusalem 500
1/29/18 Boston Mountain / Quail Restoration Fields 1&2 - Wedington Benton Fayetteville 765
1/25/18 Big Piney / Zing & Rock Creek Conway & Van Buren Jerusalem 2045
1/25/18 Sylamore / Tarwater Block 1 Stone Optimus 243
1/24/18 Sylamore / Blanchard Campground Stone Fifty Six 10
1/24/18 Boston Mountain - Magazine / Quail Restoration Fields 1 & 2 Benton Fayetteville 151
1/24/18 Boston Mountain - Magazine / Complex fields Washington Fayetteville 76
1/24/18 Big Piney / Wiley Cemetery Pope Appleton 1100
1/23/18 Boston Mountain-Magazine / Brannon Fields Madison Combs 88
1/19/18 Big Piney / Kincannon Mountain Van Buren Appleton 877
1/18/18 Sylamore / Optimus Fields Stone Calico Rock 67
1/3/18 Big Piney - Tackett Mountain North Block Conway Jerusalem 624
1/3/18 Big Piney - Griffin Mountain East & South Blocks Conway Jerusalem 730
10/26/17 Big Piney / Griffin Mountain Middle Block Conway Jerusalem 240
10/25/17 Big Piney / Griffin Mountain Conway Cleveland 211
10/17/17 Boston Mountain/ Cove City Fields Crawford Cedarville 167
10/13/17 Big Piney/ Tackett Mountain Van Buren Jerusalem 575

Link to Prescribed fires for the Ouachita National Forest

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