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Chief

Placer, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Placer before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

0

Acres Burned

48

Days Burning

Aug 11, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Granite Chief Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

8.9 mi

SW

Mt. Rose Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

17 mi

NE

Tahoe National Forest

Go

National Forest / CA

21.3 mi

NW

Desolation Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

22.3 mi

S

Eldorado Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / CA

25.9 mi

SE

Eldorado National Forest

Go

National Forest / CA

33.8 mi

S

Eldorado Other

Go

National Forest / CA

44.5 mi

SW

Mokelumne Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

47 mi

S

Plumas National Forest

Go

National Forest / CA

57.5 mi

NW

Carson-Iceberg Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

59.4 mi

SE

Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NV

61.1 mi

NE

Bucks Lake Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

72.1 mi

NW

Timeline

Aug 11Now

48 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: 027252bb-256a-47fc-b3fa-4d5a309bf713

Important

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