Mt. Carmel Fire (CO)
True color
Fire (SWIR)
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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Baca County
- Cause
- Natural
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Spanning 1,900 acres of federal land in Baca County, Colorado, the active natural Mt. Carmel Fire has been burning since July 23, 2026.
Firefighting efforts on the incident are being managed by the USFS.
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