Sweetwater
Garfield, CO · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Garfield before dropping off the national incident feed.
0
Acres Burned
78
Days Burning
Aug 24, 2026
Discovered
2mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 0%Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Flat Tops Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
10.6 mi
N
White River National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
22.6 mi
SE
Sarvis Creek Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
40.3 mi
NE
Holy Cross Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
44.4 mi
SE
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
49 mi
S
Eagles Nest Wilderness
GoWilderness / CO
49.7 mi
E
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
51.2 mi
SE
Routt National Forest
GoNational Forest / CO
54.8 mi
N
Raggeds Wilderness
Check firstWilderness / CO
57.3 mi
S
Leadville National Fish Hatchery Wilderness Area
AvoidWilderness / CO
57.4 mi
SE
Mount Massive Wilderness
AvoidWilderness / CO
57.9 mi
SE
Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument
Check firstMonument / CO
58.9 mi
SE
Timeline
78 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: 03e009e4-88c2-41a7-9cd9-4e74a9c11308
Important
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