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Black Burn

Quay, NM ยท Natural

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

275

Acres Burned

18

Days Burning

Sep 7, 2026

Discovered

3d ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 7 / 275 acresSep 22 / 275 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

2 public land units within 75 miles

Sabinoso Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

69.1 mi

NW

Grulla National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / NM

69.3 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Black Burn mapped at 275 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Black Burn at 275 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 7Now

18 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: a91ff7c7-c9ed-4aa2-a5fd-d735f2af7764

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