Bear Bay
Baker, FL · Undetermined
This fire is no longer active. It burned 6 acres in Baker before dropping off the national incident feed.
6
Acres Burned
102
Days Burning
Jul 31, 2026
Discovered
3mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 0%Public Lands Nearby
10 public land units within 75 miles
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Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Bear Bay mapped at 6 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the Bear Bay at 6 acres.
IRWINTimeline
102 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: 38f28982-91a7-4fca-82d7-76057edba19c
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