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Beacon

Mora, NM · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 50 acres in Mora before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

50

Acres Burned

97

Days Burning

Aug 6, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 6 / 2 acresSep 30 / 50 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Fort Union National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

7.8 mi

SW

Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

13.1 mi

SW

Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

34.8 mi

S

Sabinoso Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

35.2 mi

SE

Pecos Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

40.3 mi

W

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

44.1 mi

NE

Wheeler Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

48.3 mi

NW

Columbine-Hondo Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

53.8 mi

NW

Carson Other

Go

National Forest / NM

55.5 mi

N

Latir Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

62.3 mi

NW

Kiowa National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / NM

68.1 mi

E

Santa Fe National Forest

Go

National Forest / NM

72.8 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Beacon mapped at 50 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Beacon at 50 acres.

IRWIN

Beacon mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Beacon at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 6Now

97 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: e1eb68ea-394f-4d1a-9782-41354e675302

Important

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