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Cowpack

Nome, AK · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 24 acres in Nome before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

24

Acres Burned

146

Days Burning

Jun 17, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 2 acres in the last day
Jun 22 / 22 acresOct 17 / 24 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Go

NCA / AK

14.6 mi

S

Chamisso Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / AK

74.8 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Cowpack mapped at 22 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Cowpack at 22 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jun 17Now

146 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: 76d867f4-0de9-4a19-b92c-41ceb0fb40a7

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