Sheep Pen
Las Animas, CO · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 712 acres in Las Animas before dropping off the national incident feed.
712
Acres Burned
90
Days Burning
Aug 12, 2026
Discovered
2mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 100%Public Lands Nearby
4 public land units within 75 miles
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Official Park Alerts
Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service
Park Closure / Capulin Volcano National Monument
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Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Sheep Pen update: 712 acres, 100% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen containment moved from 80% to 100%.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 712 acres, 80% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen containment moved from 65% to 80%.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 712 acres, 65% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen containment moved from 30% to 65%.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 712 acres, 30% contained
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen grew 312 acres to 712.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 400 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen grew 280 acres to 400.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 120 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen grew 57 acres to 120.
IRWINSheep Pen update: 63 acres
Perimeter dataPer interagency perimeter data, the Sheep Pen grew 62 acres to 63.
IRWINSheep Pen mapped at 1 acres
Perimeter dataInteragency perimeter data shows the Sheep Pen at 1 acres.
IRWINTimeline
90 days since discovery
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3 other active fires
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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: 3c6707ca-75c5-48c1-9330-0b69c6a40dae
Important
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