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West Fork

Pierce, WA ยท Natural

An active fire at 16% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

310

Acres Burned

33

Days Burning

Aug 23, 2026

Discovered

2w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 4 acres in the last day
Aug 23 / 0 acresSep 8 / 310 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mount Rainier Wilderness Area

Check first

Wilderness / WA

5.9 mi

S

Mount Rainier National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / WA

6 mi

S

Clearwater Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / WA

7.8 mi

NW

Glacier View Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WA

14.5 mi

SW

Norse Peak Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WA

16.3 mi

E

Tatoosh Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

16.9 mi

S

Green River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

Avoid

NCA / WA

21.5 mi

NE

William O. Douglas Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WA

22 mi

SE

Cedar River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

Avoid

NCA / WA

27.4 mi

N

Goat Rocks Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / WA

31 mi

SE

Snoqualmie National Forest

Avoid

National Forest / WA

42.8 mi

N

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Check first

National Forest / WA

49.7 mi

S

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Danger / Mount Rainier National Park

WILDFIRE CLOSURES: Sunrise & northern trails. White River open.

Due to several active fires on the north side of the park, the following closures are in effect until further notice: Grand Park area & trails, Northern Loop Trail, Wonderland Trail from Carbon River Suspension Bridge to Frozen Lake, & asso...

Official notice

Park Closure / Mount Rainier National Park

SR 165 Carbon River/Fairfax Bridge is closed: no access to Carbon River or Mowich Lake.

There is NO public access to Carbon River & Mowich Lake from SR 165. The bridge is closed to pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles and there is no alternate route.

Official notice

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

WEST FORK update: 310 acres, 16% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 4 acres to 310 and containment moved from 17% to 16%.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 306 acres, 17% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK containment moved from 0% to 17%.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 306 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 6 acres to 306.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 300 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 1 acres to 300.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 299 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 3 acres to 299.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 296 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 25 acres to 296.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 271 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 5 acres to 271.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 266 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 266 acres to 266.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 0 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK was remapped 349 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 349 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 344 acres to 349.

IRWIN

WEST FORK update: 5 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the WEST FORK grew 5 acres to 5.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 23Now

33 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: f96d076d-ee37-4181-996c-9ff52d876942

Important

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