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Wells Road

Whitman, WA · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,865 acres in Whitman before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,865

Acres Burned

94

Days Burning

Aug 8, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 9 / 200 acresAug 27 / 1,865 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / WA

12.9 mi

N

Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

69.6 mi

NE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

WELLS ROAD update: 1,865 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the WELLS ROAD containment moved from 78% to 100%.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD update: 1,865 acres, 78% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the WELLS ROAD grew 8 acres to 1,865 and containment moved from 30% to 78%.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD update: 1,857 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the WELLS ROAD grew 45 acres to 1,857 and containment moved from 0% to 30%.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD mapped at 1,812 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the WELLS ROAD at 1,812 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD mapped at 1,810 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the WELLS ROAD at 1,810 acres.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD mapped at 1,914 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the WELLS ROAD at 1,914 acres.

IRWIN

WELLS ROAD mapped at 200 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the WELLS ROAD at 200 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 8Now

94 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: 57ab54cb-8a77-4c42-8757-f60dd953c1bc

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