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Newquist & Sampson

Yakima, WA · Human

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

77

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 7, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

11 public land units within 75 miles

Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

11.5 mi

NW

Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / OR

37 mi

SE

Hanford Reach National Monument

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Monument / WA

37.7 mi

NE

Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / OR

55.8 mi

SE

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

57.1 mi

NE

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WA

58 mi

W

Mcnary National Wildlife Refuge

Avoid

Wildlife Refuge / WA

58.8 mi

E

Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / WA

63.6 mi

E

Goat Rocks Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

64.4 mi

W

Mount Adams Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

65.6 mi

W

William O. Douglas Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

66.3 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Newquist & Sampson mapped at 77 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Newquist & Sampson at 77 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 7Now

0 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: 23975d20-f264-4313-8ec3-1ad2097210d4

Important

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