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Pogo

Southeast Fairbanks, AK ยท Natural

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

0%Critical

453

Acres Burned

97

Days Burning

Jun 20, 2026

Discovered

3d ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 5 / 453 acresSep 22 / 453 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

1 public land unit within 75 miles

Steese National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / AK

67.9 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Pogo update: 453 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Pogo containment moved from 1% to 0%.

IRWIN

Pogo update: 453 acres, 1% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Pogo grew 33 acres to 453.

IRWIN

Pogo update: 419 acres, 1% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Pogo containment moved from 0% to 1%.

IRWIN

Pogo mapped at 419 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Pogo at 419 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Pogo update: 419 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jun 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Pogo grew 23 acres to 419.

IRWIN

Pogo update: 396 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jun 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Pogo was remapped 154 acres lower to 396.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jun 20Now

97 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: 2d3caf91-2ea6-4063-b92d-d70c3000c8a0

Important

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