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Scott Able

Otero, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active.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

0%Inactive

0

Acres Burned

71

Days Burning

Aug 31, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 1 / 2 acresSep 1 / 0 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Lincoln National Forest

Go

National Forest / NM

24.3 mi

NE

White Sands National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / NM

34.3 mi

W

White Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

52.6 mi

N

Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / NM

55.3 mi

N

Organ Mountains Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

55.4 mi

SW

Capitan Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

66.2 mi

N

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

Go

Monument / NM

71.4 mi

W

Robledo Mountains Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

72 mi

W

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Go

National Park / TX

74 mi

SE

Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative)

Go

NCA / NM

74 mi

SE

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / TX

74.1 mi

SE

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / White Sands National Park

Dunes Drive Safety Corridor

Dunes Drive is open. A safety corridor is in effect between mile marker 3 and 5.5 along Dunes Drive. Visitors may drive but not stop or exit their vehicle in this area.

Official notice

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SCOTT ABLE update: 0 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the SCOTT ABLE was remapped 2 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

LOC SCOTT ABLE mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the LOC SCOTT ABLE at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 31Now

71 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: fde88b9f-994d-41f0-a054-e9d7a967f5d1

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