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Garda Falls

Pierce, WA · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 308 acres in Pierce before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

308

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

1w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 24 / 0 acresNov 2 / 308 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mount Rainier Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / WA

4.2 mi

S

Mount Rainier National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / WA

4.3 mi

S

Clearwater Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

9.2 mi

NW

Glacier View Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WA

13.3 mi

SW

Tatoosh Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

15.3 mi

S

Norse Peak Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

16.9 mi

E

William O. Douglas Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

21.4 mi

SE

Green River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

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NCA / WA

23.1 mi

NE

Cedar River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

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NCA / WA

29.1 mi

N

Goat Rocks Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WA

29.5 mi

SE

Snoqualmie National Forest

Avoid

National Forest / WA

44.5 mi

N

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Go

National Forest / WA

48 mi

S

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Mount Rainier National Park

Paradise Road Status: Gate closed at Longmire: projected to open tomorrow

11/10/2026: The road is open to Longmire. All vehicles, including 4WD and AWD, must carry tire chains and be ready to use them. The gate at Longmire to Paradise is closed for the night to support public safety and is projected to open, cond...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

GARDA FALLS update: 308 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS was remapped 92 acres lower to 308.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 400 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 200 acres to 400.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 200 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 50 acres to 200.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 150 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 77 acres to 150.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 73 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 1 acres to 73.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 72 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 1 acres to 72.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 71 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 2 acres to 71.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 69 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 9 acres to 69.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 60 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 20 acres to 60.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 40 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 40 acres to 40.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 50 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 48 acres to 50.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 2 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 2 acres to 2.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 0 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS was remapped 1 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

GARDA FALLS update: 1 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the GARDA FALLS grew 1 acres to 1.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 24Now

78 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: 942121b5-9b9b-4259-a074-139a67347b5b

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