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Rapid Creek 2

Mesa, CO · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Mesa before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

0

Acres Burned

91

Days Burning

Aug 11, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 11 / 0 acresAug 29 / 0 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Colorado National Monument

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Monument / CO

20.7 mi

W

Grand Mesa National Forest

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National Forest / CO

22 mi

E

Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CO

26.6 mi

S

Dominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area

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NCA / CO

26.8 mi

S

Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CO

32.1 mi

W

Mcinnis Canyons National Conservation Area

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NCA / CO

32.2 mi

W

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area

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NCA / CO

40.9 mi

SE

Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CO

41.5 mi

SE

Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CO

48.7 mi

SE

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

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National Park / CO

50 mi

SE

Tabeguache Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / CO

55.1 mi

S

Uncompahgre National Forest

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National Forest / CO

60.2 mi

S

Timeline

Aug 11Now

91 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: 02f0296e-42b6-4b91-9ec5-269480dd8bde

Important

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