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Wild Goose

Natchitoches, LA · Undetermined

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

0%Critical

43

Acres Burned

17

Days Burning

Sep 10, 2026

Discovered

2h ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 10 / 0 acresSep 28 / 43 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Red River National Wildlife Refuge

Check first

Wildlife Refuge / LA

22.4 mi

S

Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

39.8 mi

SE

Kisatchie National Forest

Go

National Forest / LA

40.5 mi

SE

Red Dirt National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

43.5 mi

S

Kisatchie Hills Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / LA

43.7 mi

S

D 'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

60.4 mi

NE

Sabine National Forest

Go

National Forest / TX

65.2 mi

SW

Bayou Beouf Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / LA

66.3 mi

SE

Indian Mounds Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / TX

67.2 mi

SW

Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

69 mi

NE

Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

72.7 mi

SE

Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

72.9 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Wild Goose update: 43 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Wild Goose grew 43 acres to 43.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 10Now

17 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: 4dd2f2ea-8e95-4af3-b6ca-6352b3a36781

Important

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