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Aspen Acres

Custer County, CO · 102,004 acres · 82% contained · Rocky Mountain Region (USFS Region 2)

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Source freshness

judged at 03:26Z
  • Incident locations · NIFC WFIGSfresh

    source updated 7 min ago

  • Incident perimeters · NIFC WFIGSfresh

    source updated 3.8 h ago

  • Satellite detections · NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)fresh

    source updated 37 min ago

  • Fire weather alerts · NWSfresh

    source updated 3 min ago

  • Station observations · NWSfresh

    source updated 31 min ago

  • Modelled current weather · Open-Meteofresh

    source updated 11 min ago

  • Resource positions · Simulated AVLfresh

    source updated 6 min ago

Conflicts and gaps

1 open
  • ConflictNWS station and Open-Meteo disagree on temperature by 9°C (tolerance 5°C).
  • NoteThe nearest reporting station is 44 km from the incident.

Weather: two sources

FieldNWS K4V12026-09-28 02:55ZOpen-Meteo2026-09-28 03:15ZCheck
temperature70°F53°Fdiffer
relative humidity31%43%agree
wind speed10 mph4 mphagree
wind direction190°211°n/a

Station is 44 km from the incident; Open-Meteo is modelled at the incident point.

Briefing

template-v1 · rev-ef533ad6571a

Deterministic template, written from input revision rev-ef533ad6571a as of 2026-09-28 03:26Z. Signed-in operators will get an LLM briefing through the same citation check.

Situation

  • Aspen Acres (Custer County, CO) is reported at 102,004 acres and 82% contained, per the incident record last updated 2026-09-27 21:47 UTC. WFIGS incident record
  • The mapped perimeter covers 102,003 acres, mapped 2026-08-02 05:30 UTC. WFIGS perimeter
  • Simulated resource positions (not a real feed): 2 engines, 1 crew, 1 helicopter, all within 9 km, last reported 2026-09-28 03:20 UTC. Simulated engine SIM-332-E1 03:20ZSimulated engine SIM-332-E2 03:20ZSimulated crew SIM-332-C1 03:20ZSimulated helicopter SIM-332-H1 03:20Z

Satellite heat

  • No satellite heat in the last 24 hours is associated with Aspen Acres (search radius 17 km, plus the mapped perimeter). NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26Z
  • Across the Rocky Mountain Region (USFS Region 2), 123 detections came from 3 satellite feeds; 71 were older than 24 hours and set aside, 17 repeat sightings of the same spot were merged. That leaves 35 hotspots in 24 clusters. NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26Z

Weather

  • NWS station K4V1 (44 km away) observed 70°F, RH 31%, wind S 10 mph at 2026-09-28 02:55 UTC. NWS K4V1 02:55Z
  • Open-Meteo models 53°F, RH 43%, wind SSW 4 mph, gusts 12 mph at the incident for 2026-09-28 03:15 UTC. Open-Meteo 03:15Z
  • The two weather sources disagree on temperature; treat both as bounds, not a single value. NWS K4V1 02:55ZOpen-Meteo 03:15Z
  • No active NWS alert names Custer County. NWS fetch 03:26Z

Inputs and conflicts

  • All 7 sources were fresh as of 2026-09-28 03:26 UTC. NIFC WFIGS fetch 03:26ZNIFC WFIGS fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26Z+5
  • 1 conflict needs a human look: NWS station and Open-Meteo disagree on temperature by 9°C (tolerance 5°C). Data flag
  • The nearest reporting station is 44 km from the incident. Data flag
  • Built from input revision rev-ef533ad6571a (9 payloads). NIFC WFIGS fetch 03:26ZNIFC WFIGS fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26ZNASA FIRMS (VIIRS) fetch 03:26Z+5

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Inputs

revision rev-ef533ad6571a
SourceRequestFetchedSource updatedPayload
NIFC WFIGSwfigs-incidents:us2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 03:18Z127c237c50c9
NIFC WFIGSwfigs-perimeters:-111.1,36.9,-94.5,462026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-27 23:40Z1237c875deb8
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)firms:SNPP:-111.1,36.9,-94.5,46filtered from national file2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 02:48Z9229a0eecfb2
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)firms:NOAA20:-111.1,36.9,-94.5,46filtered from national file2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 02:41Zc9f4ab10f944
NASA FIRMS (VIIRS)firms:NOAA21:-111.1,36.9,-94.5,46filtered from national file2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 02:43Zec70f691208e
NWSnws-alerts:CO2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 03:23Zc7ab7a3f3efe
NWSnws-observations:38.0193,-105.07132026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 02:55Z8baa63f62ef2
Open-Meteoopen-meteo:38.0193,-105.07132026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 03:15Z79d3f92e7a04
Simulated AVLsim-resources:wfigs:1cdf5e5a-f22e-4352-a582-c2a47663b93d2026-09-28 03:26Z2026-09-28 03:20Z79a784ebd926

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