Baboon
Iron, UT · Undetermined
This fire is no longer active. It burned 48 acres in Iron before dropping off the national incident feed.
48
Acres Burned
71
Days Burning
Aug 31, 2026
Discovered
3w ago
Last Update
Growth
Grew 33 acres in the last dayPublic Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
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SE
Laverkin Creek Wilderness Area
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43.8 mi
S
Deep Creek North Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / UT
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S
Deep Creek Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / UT
49.5 mi
S
Red Butte Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / UT
50.3 mi
S
Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
GoWilderness / UT
50.7 mi
S
Black Ridge Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / UT
51.8 mi
S
White Rock Range Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NV
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W
Desert Range Exp. Station Experimental Area
GoNational Forest / UT
52.1 mi
NW
Zion Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / UT
54.4 mi
S
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Baboon mapped at 15 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the Baboon at 15 acres.
IRWINTimeline
71 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: fcc3b87b-fa32-4bce-a645-0f628904b612
Important
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