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Slate Branch

Mingo, WV · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 500 acres in Mingo before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

500

Acres Burned

215

Days Burning

Apr 9, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 11 / 500 acresAug 11 / 500 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

7 public land units within 75 miles

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Slate Branch mapped at 500 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Slate Branch at 500 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Apr 9Now

215 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: e86222f1-ac6d-4417-9377-1b4893ab454c

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