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Franklin Bend

Walker, AL · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 120 acres in Walker before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

120

Acres Burned

64

Days Burning

Sep 8, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Sep 8 / 120 acresSep 29 / 120 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

6 public land units within 75 miles

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

Avoid

Wildlife Refuge / AL

40.4 mi

S

William B. Bankhead National Forest

Go

National Forest / AL

44.7 mi

N

Sipsey Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AL

48.8 mi

N

Talladega National Forest

Avoid

National Forest / AL

55.1 mi

SE

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / AL

69.3 mi

N

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / AL

69.7 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

FRANKLIN BEND update: 120 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the FRANKLIN BEND containment moved from 70% to 100%.

IRWIN

FRANKLIN BEND mapped at 120 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the FRANKLIN BEND at 120 acres, 70% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 8Now

64 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: 2f9874f5-e5f6-4175-ac20-f865c5307338

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