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Sierra

Apache, AZ · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 5 acres in Apache before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

5

Acres Burned

101

Days Burning

Aug 2, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 2 / 1 acresAug 11 / 5 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Bear Wallow Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

9.2 mi

S

Apache National Forest

Go

National Forest / AZ

13.6 mi

SE

Mount Baldy Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

14.4 mi

N

Blue Range Primitive Area (National)

Go

NCA / AZ

23 mi

SE

Escudilla Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

25.8 mi

NE

Blue Range Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

30.8 mi

SE

Fishhooks Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / AZ

45.9 mi

SW

Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area

Go

NCA / AZ

54.2 mi

S

North Santa Teresa Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / AZ

68.3 mi

SW

Santa Teresa Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / AZ

72 mi

SW

Gila Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

72.1 mi

SE

Gila National Forest

Go

National Forest / NM

72.5 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Sierra mapped at 5 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 5

Interagency perimeter data shows the Sierra at 5 acres.

IRWIN

Sierra mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 2

Interagency perimeter data shows the Sierra at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 2Now

101 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: 593a8647-12f4-4764-93b7-efc0b01ef633

Important

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