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Slaughter

Eddy, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 36 acres in Eddy before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

36

Acres Burned

85

Days Burning

Aug 17, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 18 / 100 acresAug 20 / 36 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

7 public land units within 75 miles

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Go

National Park / NM

1 mi

S

Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

2.1 mi

SW

Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative)

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NCA / NM

12.3 mi

SW

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / TX

23.1 mi

SW

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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National Park / TX

25.4 mi

SW

Carlsbad Wildife Refuge

Go

NCA / NM

29.2 mi

NE

Lincoln National Forest

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National Forest / NM

74.3 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SLAUGHTER update: 36 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the SLAUGHTER grew 4 acres to 36.

IRWIN

SLAUGHTER update: 32 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the SLAUGHTER was remapped 68 acres lower to 32.

IRWIN

SLAUGHTER mapped at 100 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the SLAUGHTER at 100 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 17Now

85 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: e2e646f6-f842-465f-9fd7-eac17631b3c7

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