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Ridge

Marquette, MI · Undetermined

An active fire at 5% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

257

Acres Burned

2

Days Burning

Oct 9, 2026

Discovered

11h ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 254 acres in the last day
Oct 9 / 2 acresOct 12 / 257 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mccormick Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / MI

19.2 mi

W

Dukes National Natural Landmark

Check first

Monument / MI

27.1 mi

SE

Huron National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area

Check first

Wilderness / MI

30.3 mi

NW

Huron National Wildlife Refuge

Check first

Wildlife Refuge / MI

30.3 mi

NW

Rock River Canyon Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MI

34.1 mi

SE

Grand Island National Recreation Area

Check first

Recreation Area / MI

45.8 mi

E

Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MI

51.4 mi

W

Big Island Lake Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MI

58.9 mi

SE

Whisker Lake Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WI

59.6 mi

SW

Beaver Basin Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MI

61.6 mi

E

Paynesville Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MI

70.2 mi

W

Seney National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MI

71 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Ridge update: 257 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Oct 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ridge grew 254 acres to 257.

IRWIN

Ridge update: 3 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ridge grew 2 acres to 3.

IRWIN

Ridge mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Ridge at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 9Now

2 days since discovery

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1 additional active fire

Craig Lake 1

Baraga, MI

309 acres

20%

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: 18fedc69-71eb-424a-8c53-6558cae292e2

Important

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