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Johnson

Catron, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 401 acres in Catron before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

401

Acres Burned

107

Days Burning

Jul 26, 2026

Discovered

1w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 6 / 280 acresOct 30 / 401 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Gila Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

4.8 mi

E

Gila National Forest

Go

National Forest / NM

7.6 mi

E

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

11.4 mi

E

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

11.5 mi

E

Aldo Leopold Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

34.6 mi

E

Ft. Bayard Mil. Res. Other

Go

National Forest / NM

36.5 mi

SE

Blue Range Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

37 mi

NW

Blue Range Primitive Area (National)

Go

NCA / AZ

45 mi

NW

Apache National Forest

Go

National Forest / AZ

53.9 mi

NW

Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / AZ

60.8 mi

W

Escudilla Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

61.1 mi

NW

Bear Wallow Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

62.1 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Johnson update: 401 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Johnson was remapped 1 acres lower to 401 and containment moved from 0% to 100%.

IRWIN

Johnson update: 402 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Johnson was remapped 48 acres lower to 402.

IRWIN

Johnson update: 450 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Johnson grew 10 acres to 450.

IRWIN

Johnson update: 440 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the Johnson grew 14 acres to 440.

IRWIN

Johnson mapped at 426 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the Johnson at 426 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Johnson mapped at 330 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Johnson at 330 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Johnson mapped at 330 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Johnson at 330 acres.

IRWIN

Johnson mapped at 280 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 28

Interagency perimeter data shows the Johnson at 280 acres.

IRWIN

Johnson mapped at 50 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Johnson at 50 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 26Now

107 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: 438c97dc-b8f8-44e1-8c0c-7d58494f4d99

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