Copper King
Montrose, CO · Undetermined
This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Montrose before dropping off the national incident feed.
0
Acres Burned
112
Days Burning
Jul 21, 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
Tabeguache Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
8.4 mi
W
Uncompahgre National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
17.1 mi
SE
Dominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area
GoNCA / CO
24.5 mi
N
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / CO
24.8 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
37.1 mi
E
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
GoNational Park / CO
38.4 mi
E
Mount Sneffels Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
38.9 mi
SE
Lizard Head Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
43.6 mi
SE
Colorado National Monument
GoMonument / CO
48 mi
N
Curecanti National Recreation Area
Check firstRecreation Area / CO
50.2 mi
E
Timeline
112 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: 19b6a486-eceb-4c3f-8f4f-72f9c3d67d1d
Important
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