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West Fork

Pierce, WA · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 310 acres in Pierce before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

310

Acres Burned

80

Days Burning

Aug 23, 2026

Discovered

1w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 16%
Aug 23 / 0 acresNov 1 / 310 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Mount Rainier Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / WA

5.9 mi

S

Mount Rainier National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / WA

6 mi

S

Clearwater Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

7.8 mi

NW

Glacier View Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WA

14.5 mi

SW

Norse Peak Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

16.3 mi

E

Tatoosh Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WA

16.9 mi

S

Green River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

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NCA / WA

21.5 mi

NE

William O. Douglas Wilderness

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Wilderness / WA

22 mi

SE

Cedar River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal

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NCA / WA

27.4 mi

N

Goat Rocks Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WA

31 mi

SE

Snoqualmie National Forest

Avoid

National Forest / WA

42.8 mi

N

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Go

National Forest / WA

49.7 mi

S

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Mount Rainier National Park

Paradise Road Status: Gate closed at Longmire: projected to open tomorrow

11/10/2026: The road is open to Longmire. All vehicles, including 4WD and AWD, must carry tire chains and be ready to use them. The gate at Longmire to Paradise is closed for the night to support public safety and is projected to open, cond...

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

80 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

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