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Craig Lake 1

Baraga, MI · Natural

An active fire at 20% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Active

309

Acres Burned

3

Days Burning

Oct 8, 2026

Discovered

11h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mccormick Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / MI

8.8 mi

NE

Huron National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area

Check first

Wilderness / MI

24 mi

N

Huron National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MI

24 mi

N

Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MI

25.2 mi

W

Paynesville Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MI

44.3 mi

W

Ottawa National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MI

48 mi

W

Military Hill Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MI

48.8 mi

W

Whisker Lake Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WI

49.1 mi

S

Dukes National Natural Landmark

Check first

Monument / MI

51.7 mi

E

North Ewen Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MI

53.6 mi

W

South Ewen Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MI

53.9 mi

W

Rock River Canyon Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MI

59.8 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Craig Lake 1 update: 309 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Craig Lake 1 grew 308 acres to 309.

IRWIN

Craig Lake 1 mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Craig Lake 1 at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 8Now

3 days since discovery

Other Fires in MI

1 additional active fire

Ridge

Marquette, MI

257 acres

5%

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: 82ba10a4-02ed-49b8-be2a-066f3570f1b3

Important

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