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Wildcat

Vilas, WI · Human

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

0%Critical

2

Acres Burned

1

Days Burning

Oct 18, 2026

Discovered

7m ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Sylvania Wilderness

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Wilderness / MI

32.5 mi

NE

Blackjack Springs Wilderness

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Wilderness / WI

37.4 mi

E

Headwaters Wilderness

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Wilderness / WI

45.3 mi

E

Chequamegon National Forest

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National Forest / WI

45.6 mi

W

South Ewen Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MI

46 mi

NE

Ottawa National Forest

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National Forest / MI

48.4 mi

NE

North Ewen Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MI

51 mi

NE

Paynesville Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MI

54.9 mi

NE

Nicolet National Forest

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National Forest / WI

60 mi

E

Military Hill Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MI

61 mi

NE

Porcupine Lake Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WI

65.1 mi

W

Whisker Lake Wilderness

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Wilderness / WI

67.9 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Wildcat update: 2 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 19

Per interagency perimeter data, the Wildcat grew 2 acres to 2.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 18Now

1 day 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: edfb5a95-c063-4e3c-aaf3-a3a5860317bf

Important

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