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Ponderosa

Mendocino, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 8 acres in Mendocino before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

8

Acres Burned

69

Days Burning

Aug 14, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 5 acres in the last day
Aug 14 / 3 acresAug 14 / 8 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Sanhedrin Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

18.5 mi

N

Snow Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

24.4 mi

NE

Yuki Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CA

27.7 mi

N

Yuki Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CA

29.9 mi

N

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

Go

Monument / CA

31.5 mi

E

Mendocino National Forest

Go

National Forest / CA

31.8 mi

NE

Cache Creek Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CA

42.6 mi

SE

Elkhorn Ridge Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CA

45.3 mi

NW

South Fork Eel River Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CA

46.2 mi

NW

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

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Monument / CA

47.5 mi

SE

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CA

53.4 mi

N

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CA

55.5 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

PONDEROSA update: 8 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the PONDEROSA grew 5 acres to 8.

IRWIN

PONDEROSA mapped at 3 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 14

Interagency perimeter data shows the PONDEROSA at 3 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 14Now

69 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: 455819f0-5d44-4d20-89c8-7b49b9097b7d

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