Ranger Road Fire

2026280,127 acresKansas and Oklahoma

The Ranger Road Fire burned 280,127 acres, about 438 square miles, across 5 counties. It began on February 17, 2026.

Watch how it happened

Ranger Road Fire · 2026

How it happened

See the burn scar and every county it reached.

About this replay

IgnitionFebruary 17, 2026Historical replay — final scar, not daily growth

Final area280,127 ac

Revealed—

Counties5

Fire milestones

Burn scarFinal perimeter mapped from satellite images

Reported originThe fire location MTBS records for the event

New York City, to scale301 square miles of land, drawn at the fire’s scale

Source: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS, U.S. Forest Service), mapped from satellite images after the fire. MTBS does not record daily growth: the reveal shows the final scar, outward from the reported origin, not the order it burned in.

Where it burned

Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.

Acres burned by county

Beaver County	OK	130,301
Clark County	KS	110,073
Harper County	OK	24,033
Meade County	KS	9,192
Comanche County	KS	6,721

Other large fires in Kansas and Oklahoma in 2026

Meade Lake Fire46,581 acres
Sharpe Fire29,710 acres

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.