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Murtle

Union, NM · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 90 acres in Union before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

90

Acres Burned

64

Days Burning

Sep 7, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 15 acres in the last day
Sep 8 / 60 acresOct 17 / 90 acres

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Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Capulin Volcano National Monument

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The Volcano top access is closed to all RVs, buses, attached pull trailers, or any other vehicle over 26 feet in length due to public safety concerns and limited parking.  Trailer drop-off and RV/bus parking are available at the visitor cen...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Murtle update: 75 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Murtle was remapped 15 acres lower to 75.

IRWIN

Murtle update: 90 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Murtle grew 30 acres to 90.

IRWIN

Murtle mapped at 60 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Murtle at 60 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 7Now

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: ca7c44cc-4c44-4180-b5b3-7c7e369cf934

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