Buffalo Grass
Eddy, NM · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 4 acres in Eddy before dropping off the national incident feed.
4
Acres Burned
121
Days Burning
Jul 13, 2026
Discovered
3w ago
Last Update
Growth
Grew 1 acres in the last dayPublic Lands Nearby
7 public land units within 75 miles
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Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
BUFFALO GRASS mapped at 3 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the BUFFALO GRASS at 3 acres.
IRWINTimeline
121 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: aa600929-632a-4b23-a4dd-3c3a3958a3c0
Important
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