Browns Canyon
Chaffee, CO · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 2 acres in Chaffee before dropping off the national incident feed.
2
Acres Burned
106
Days Burning
Jul 28, 2026
Discovered
3mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 0%Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Browns Canyon National Monument
Check firstMonument / CO
1.2 mi
SE
Browns Canyon National Monument
Check firstMonument / CO
1.2 mi
SE
San Isabel National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
16.4 mi
SE
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
23.2 mi
N
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
30.4 mi
NW
Fossil Ridge Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
32.7 mi
W
Mount Massive Wilderness
AvoidWilderness / CO
40.2 mi
NW
Leadville National Fish Hatchery Wilderness Area
AvoidWilderness / CO
41 mi
NW
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
GoMonument / CO
43 mi
E
Pike National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
45.2 mi
NE
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
46.9 mi
NW
Sangre De Cristo Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
48.1 mi
SE
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Browns Canyon mapped at 2 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the Browns Canyon at 2 acres.
IRWINTimeline
106 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: 9dab7d8d-f876-4b9e-920f-06fb4ea368a7
Important
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