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Sw3

Las Animas, CO · Natural

This fire is no longer active.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

0%Inactive

145

Acres Burned

69

Days Burning

Sep 2, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 2 / 0 acresSep 25 / 145 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Capulin Volcano National MonumentClosures in effect

Closed

Monument / NM

28.5 mi

SE

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

31.2 mi

S

Spanish Peaks Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / CO

41 mi

NW

Carson Other

Go

National Forest / NM

46.5 mi

W

Latir Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

62.3 mi

W

Kiowa National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / NM

63.1 mi

SE

Wheeler Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

64.3 mi

SW

Columbine-Hondo Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NM

65.7 mi

SW

Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / CO

68.2 mi

NW

Cerro del Yuta Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NM

70.7 mi

W

Comanche National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / CO

71.4 mi

NE

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Capulin Volcano National Monument

Volcano Top Access Closed to Vehicles over 26 feet long and to all Trailers

The Volcano top access is closed to all RVs, buses, attached pull trailers, or any other vehicle over 26 feet in length due to public safety concerns and limited parking.  Trailer drop-off and RV/bus parking are available at the visitor cen...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

SW3 update: 145 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the SW3 grew 60 acres to 145.

IRWIN

SW3 update: 85 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 5

Per interagency perimeter data, the SW3 grew 22 acres to 85.

IRWIN

SW3 update: 63 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the SW3 grew 38 acres to 63.

IRWIN

SW3 update: 25 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the SW3 grew 25 acres to 25.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 2Now

69 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: f013c799-9301-4ecb-842d-52e46c3c5df9

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