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Elk Knob

Garfield, CO · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 29 acres in Garfield before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

29

Acres Burned

84

Days Burning

Aug 18, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 23 acres in the last day
Aug 18 / 0 acresOct 17 / 29 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Flat Tops Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

5.7 mi

NE

White River National Forest

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National Forest / CO

31.4 mi

SE

Sarvis Creek Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

42 mi

NE

Routt National Forest

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National Forest / CO

53.3 mi

NE

Holy Cross Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

53.4 mi

SE

Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

55.8 mi

S

Eagles Nest Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

57.8 mi

E

Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

59.8 mi

SE

Grand Mesa National Forest

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National Forest / CO

62.9 mi

SW

Raggeds Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

63.1 mi

S

Leadville National Fish Hatchery Wilderness Area

Avoid

Wilderness / CO

66.3 mi

SE

Mount Massive Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / CO

66.7 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Elk Knob update: 6 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elk Knob grew 5 acres to 6.

IRWIN

Elk Knob update: 1 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elk Knob grew 1 acres to 1.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 18Now

84 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: f2145849-e5d7-4ef1-b5ed-a79b99590b66

Important

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