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Waterhole

Baker, FL ยท Natural

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

53

Acres Burned

3

Days Burning

Sep 22, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

10 public land units within 75 miles

Big Gum Swamp Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / FL

3.6 mi

NW

Osceola National Forest

Check first

National Forest / FL

4.3 mi

W

Pinhook Purchase Unit

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National Forest / FL

12.9 mi

NW

Nekoosa Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / FL

13.2 mi

SW

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / GA

33.6 mi

N

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / GA

33.8 mi

N

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Go

NCA / FL

53.7 mi

E

Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / GA

65.5 mi

NW

Cumberland Island Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / GA

67.7 mi

NE

Little Lake George Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / FL

72.1 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Waterhole update: 53 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Waterhole grew 1 acres to 53.

IRWIN

Waterhole mapped at 52 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the Waterhole at 52 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 22Now

3 days since discovery

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: eb01bc6a-4d38-4335-afc3-1cf4949632cd

Important

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