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Inactive

Mineral

Placer, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 17 acres in Placer before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

17

Acres Burned

51

Days Burning

Sep 20, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 20 / 0 acresOct 17 / 17 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Tahoe National Forest

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Eldorado Other

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National Forest / CA

27.7 mi

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Granite Chief Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

31 mi

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Eldorado National Forest

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National Forest / CA

37.4 mi

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Desolation Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

39.8 mi

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Sutter National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

46.7 mi

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Eldorado Purchase Unit

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National Forest / CA

50.1 mi

E

Mt. Rose Wilderness

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Wilderness / NV

54.1 mi

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Plumas National Forest

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National Forest / CA

57.8 mi

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Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

59.1 mi

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Mokelumne Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

59.5 mi

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Bucks Lake Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

61.6 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

MINERAL update: 19 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the MINERAL grew 16 acres to 19.

IRWIN

MINERAL update: 3 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the MINERAL grew 3 acres to 3.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 20Now

51 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: 0a113e6c-6203-4bfd-8823-d56a6851943a

Important

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