Copper
Montrose, CO · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Montrose before dropping off the national incident feed.
0
Acres Burned
89
Days Burning
Aug 13, 2026
Discovered
2mo ago
Last Update
Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Tabeguache Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
8.6 mi
W
Uncompahgre National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
16.3 mi
SE
Dominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area
GoNCA / CO
25.3 mi
N
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
25.6 mi
N
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
GoNCA / CO
35.4 mi
NE
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
36 mi
NE
Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
37 mi
E
Mount Sneffels Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
38 mi
SE
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
GoNational Park / CO
38.3 mi
E
Lizard Head Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
42.6 mi
SE
Colorado National Monument
GoMonument / CO
48.9 mi
N
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Check firstRecreation Area / CO
49.9 mi
E
Timeline
89 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: 8ecf439e-250a-4c6a-a1d5-bd64089d31e9
Important
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