McKittrick
Culberson, TX · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 5 acres in Culberson before dropping off the national incident feed.
5
Acres Burned
62
Days Burning
Sep 9, 2026
Discovered
1mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 0%Public Lands Nearby
7 public land units within 75 miles
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GoWilderness / TX
4.7 mi
SW
Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative)
GoNCA / NM
6.4 mi
NE
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
GoNational Park / TX
7 mi
SW
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NM
16.4 mi
NE
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
GoNational Park / NM
17.8 mi
NE
Carlsbad Wildife Refuge
GoNCA / NM
47 mi
NE
Lincoln National Forest
GoNational Forest / NM
74.9 mi
NW
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
MCKITTRICK update: 5 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the MCKITTRICK was remapped 15 acres lower to 5.
IRWINMCKITTRICK update: 20 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the MCKITTRICK grew 19 acres to 20.
IRWINMCKITTRICK mapped at 1 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the MCKITTRICK at 1 acres.
IRWINTimeline
62 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: fdcf1871-70c8-40ac-90ef-f618f2ae06e7
Important
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