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Inactive

Steep

Gunnison, CO · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 2 acres in Gunnison before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

2

Acres Burned

90

Days Burning

Aug 12, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 2 acres in the last day
Aug 13 / 0 acresOct 17 / 2 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Uncompahgre Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / CO

9.2 mi

SW

Powderhorn Wilderness Area

Check first

Wilderness / CO

10.7 mi

E

Powderhorn Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / CO

11.8 mi

SE

Uncompahgre Wilderness Area

Check first

Wilderness / CO

17.2 mi

SW

Curecanti National Recreation Area

Check first

Recreation Area / CO

21.1 mi

N

La Garita Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CO

27.6 mi

SE

Mount Sneffels Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CO

31.2 mi

W

Molas Pass Recreation Area National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / CO

34.4 mi

SW

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Go

National Park / CO

35.2 mi

NW

Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / CO

36.5 mi

NW

Gunnison National Forest

Check first

National Forest / CO

38.3 mi

NE

West Elk Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / CO

38.3 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Steep update: 0 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Steep was remapped 2 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

Steep mapped at 2 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the Steep at 2 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 12Now

90 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: 334fe489-8625-4eef-af82-245c6849e051

Important

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