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Sidekick

Eddy, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 52 acres in Eddy before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

52

Acres Burned

70

Days Burning

Sep 1, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 44 acres in the last day
Sep 2 / 8 acresSep 2 / 52 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Carlsbad Wildife Refuge

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NCA / NM

33.9 mi

SE

Lincoln National Forest

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National Forest / NM

39.9 mi

W

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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National Park / NM

45.1 mi

S

Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

45.5 mi

S

Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative)

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NCA / NM

48.8 mi

S

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / NM

56.2 mi

N

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / TX

57.3 mi

S

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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National Park / TX

58.9 mi

S

Salt Creek Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

60.6 mi

N

Capitan Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

65.6 mi

NW

Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area

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NCA / NM

66.2 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SIDEKICK update: 52 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the SIDEKICK grew 44 acres to 52.

IRWIN

SIDEKICK mapped at 8 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Interagency perimeter data shows the SIDEKICK at 8 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 1Now

70 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: 5e6ca023-cb0c-4611-b4cf-ed8a6aabec1b

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