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Rabbit Ear East

Union, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,700 acres in Union before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,700

Acres Burned

79

Days Burning

Aug 23, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 24 / 1,000 acresSep 11 / 1,700 acres

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Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Rabbit Ear East update: 1,700 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rabbit Ear East containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

Rabbit Ear East update: 1,700 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rabbit Ear East containment moved from 70% to 90%.

IRWIN

Rabbit Ear East update: 1,700 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rabbit Ear East grew 200 acres to 1,700.

IRWIN

Rabbit Ear East update: 1,500 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rabbit Ear East was remapped 1,000 acres lower to 1,500.

IRWIN

Rabbit Ear East update: 2,500 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rabbit Ear East grew 1,500 acres to 2,500.

IRWIN

Rabbit Ear East mapped at 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the Rabbit Ear East at 1,000 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 23Now

79 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: 806fb833-1f62-457e-a54a-cf39ffa7f503

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