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New Mexico Wildfires: Live Fire Map

20 active wildfires burning 16,925 acres in New Mexico right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

20
Active fires
17K
Acres
14
Under 50% contained
35
Air quality · Good

Current situation in New Mexico

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
2
New fires (48h)
2
NWS alerts
0

New Mexico currently has 20 active wildfires burning a combined 16,925 acres. 2 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 1 of those is still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Sacaton fire in Catron County at 9,861 acres, 100% contained. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 35).

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Bold outline: New Mexico boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

This season vs the last decade

63% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026152K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)240K acres

So far in 2026, 152K acres have burned in New Mexico, 63% of the 240K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in New Mexico

Wildfire history in New Mexico

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2022
Worst year · 925K acres
992
Fires / year · average
13K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
1,455
Structures destroyed
1
Lives lost
$739.7M
Reported cost

From 1,051 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
6491.3K2014: 511 fires20142015: 625 fires2016: 1.1K fires20162017: 841 fires2018: 1.3K fires20182019: 888 fires2020: 1.1K fires20202021: 1.0K fires2022: 985 fires20222023: 1.3K fires2024: 913 fires20242025: 1.1K fires2026: 1.3K fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, New Mexico averaged 313K acres burned and 1,109 fires per year. That is 134% up in acreage and 21% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in New Mexico

  • Hermits Peak2022341,735 acres
  • Black2022325,136 acres
  • Whitewater-Baldy201220 structures destroyed297,845 acres
  • Las Conchas2011112 structures destroyed156,593 acres
  • Donaldson20119 structures destroyed101,563 acres

Emergency resources for New Mexico

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

New Mexico DHSEMAlertsState emergency management and fire updates.dhsem.nm.govRed Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in New Mexico

AlbuquerqueSanta FeLas CrucesRuidoso

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)