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Inactive

Sunset

Lincoln, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 145 acres in Lincoln before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

145

Acres Burned

83

Days Burning

Aug 19, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 80%
Aug 20 / 1 acresSep 8 / 145 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

6 public land units within 75 miles

Capitan Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

5.1 mi

NW

Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area

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NCA / NM

17.3 mi

W

White Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

33.7 mi

W

Lincoln National Forest

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National Forest / NM

44.7 mi

S

Salt Creek Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

47.1 mi

E

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / NM

47.9 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SUNSET update: 145 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET containment moved from 62% to 80%.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 145 acres, 62% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET containment moved from 29% to 62%.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 145 acres, 29% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 44 acres to 145 and containment moved from 0% to 29%.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 145 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 12 acres to 145.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 133 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 32 acres to 133.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 101 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET was remapped 10 acres lower to 101.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 111 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 10 acres to 111.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 101 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 68 acres to 101.

IRWIN

SUNSET update: 33 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the SUNSET grew 32 acres to 33.

IRWIN

SUNSET mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the SUNSET at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 19Now

83 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: 655ee18c-1722-44a4-b6b9-2a396a25d39a

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