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Dunken

Chaves, NM · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 45 acres in Chaves before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

45

Acres Burned

204

Days Burning

Apr 21, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 25 / 45 acresSep 28 / 45 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Lincoln National Forest

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Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area

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NCA / NM

51.8 mi

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Capitan Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

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Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative)

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NCA / NM

57.5 mi

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White Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

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Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

59.1 mi

SE

Carlsbad Wildife Refuge

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NCA / NM

59.1 mi

E

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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National Park / NM

59.5 mi

SE

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / TX

61.8 mi

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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National Park / TX

62.6 mi

S

White Sands National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / NM

63.3 mi

W

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / NM

70.6 mi

NE

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / White Sands National Park

Dunes Drive Safety Corridor

Dunes Drive is open. A safety corridor is in effect between mile marker 3 and 5.5 along Dunes Drive. Visitors may drive but not stop or exit their vehicle in this area.

Official notice

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

DUNKEN mapped at 45 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the DUNKEN at 45 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Apr 21Now

204 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: 0295d183-240e-4741-87f1-8ddc03e3a7ea

Important

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