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Costa

Culebra, PR ยท Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

7

Acres Burned

41

Days Burning

Aug 15, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 17 / 7 acresSep 24 / 7 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

8 public land units within 75 miles

Culebra National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / PR

1.9 mi

NW

Vieques National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / PR

15 mi

SW

El Yunque National Forest

Go

National Forest / PR

34.3 mi

W

Virgin Islands National Park

Go

National Park / VI

34.8 mi

E

El Toro Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / PR

35.4 mi

W

Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Go

Monument / VI

37.1 mi

E

Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / VI

49.6 mi

SE

Buck Island Reef National Monument

Go

Monument / VI

55.6 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Costa mapped at 7 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Interagency perimeter data shows the Costa at 7 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 15Now

41 days since discovery

Other Fires in PR

1 additional active fire

Fosforo

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100 acres

0%

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: 8ac6b1fc-46be-4006-81d6-e28a46b49735

Important

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