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Sand Springs

Torrance, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 15 acres in Torrance before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

15

Acres Burned

102

Days Burning

Jul 31, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 5 / 5 acresAug 18 / 15 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Manzano Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

0.8 mi

NW

Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

25 mi

NW

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

26.8 mi

SE

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

32.7 mi

SW

Sandia Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

34.7 mi

N

Petroglyph National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

35.8 mi

NW

Cibola National Forest

Go

National Forest / NM

56.8 mi

W

Ojito Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

64.5 mi

NW

Chupadera Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

64.7 mi

SW

San Pasqual Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

65.3 mi

S

Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

65.5 mi

SW

Indian Well Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

67.3 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SAND SPRINGS update: 15 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the SAND SPRINGS was remapped 15 acres lower to 15.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 50 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 50 acres.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 49 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 49 acres.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 30 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 30 acres.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 10 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 5

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 10 acres.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 5 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 3

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 5 acres.

IRWIN

SAND SPRINGS mapped at 4 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the SAND SPRINGS at 4 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 31Now

102 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: 51bc3f61-447b-4996-9ca0-c126ce8eaf71

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