2026 Santa Fe County, New Mexico Wildfires

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1 Active Fires
15,547 Acres Burning About the size of Manhattan
1 2026 Season Fires ▲ +1 vs same period last year
15,547 2026 Season Acres ▲ +15,547 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Santa Fe County

Aug 6 Started 15,547 acres 3.0x the size of JFK Airport About the size of Manhattan Frijoles Fire

Largest wildfires in Santa Fe County this season

15,547 Acres 3.0x the size of JFK Airport About the size of Manhattan Frijoles Fire Nambe

All 2026 Santa Fe County Fires · 1 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Santa Fe County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Santa Fe County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Santa Fe County is listed too, at its Santa Fe County acres, and is not added to the Santa Fe County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Santa Fe County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Frijoles Fire Aug 6, 2026 79% Active 15,547 35.9232, -105.8210 35.9098, -105.8574
Totals 2026 Season Fires 1 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 15,547 2026 Season Acres 15,547

Land cover · Santa Fe County 2026

Burned acres in Santa Fe County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Santa Fe County % of burned % of Santa Fe County
Forest 15,216 97.9% 40.3%
Range (shrubland) 266 1.7% 22.0%
Grassland 58 0.4% 32.9%
Other 0 0.0% 4.8%
Measured acres in Santa Fe County 15,541 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Santa Fe County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Frijoles Fire 15,547 15,541 15,216 266 58 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 1 15,547
Offered to measurement 1 15,547
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 1 15,547
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Santa Fe County 0 0
Measured acres in Santa Fe County 1 15,541
Measured acres outside Santa Fe County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 15,541
Reported minus measured — 6
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Santa Fe County 2026

Burned forest acres in Santa Fe County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Santa Fe County % of burned forest % of Santa Fe County's forestland
Public 15,178 99.7% 47.5%
Federal 15,178 99.7% 43.6%
State 0 0.0% 3.9%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 8.4%
Tribal 0 0.0% 8.4%
Private 16 0.1% 44.1%
Family 0 0.0% 32.9%
Corporate 16 0.1% 9.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 2.3%
Ownership not modeled 22 0.1% —
Burned forest in Santa Fe County 15,216 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Santa Fe County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Frijoles Fire 15,216 15,178 0 0 0 16 22

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 68,421 15,216
Land cover Forest cells 68,421 15,216
Equal 68,421

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🔥 Frijoles Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 6 15,547 acre 79% contained
Near Nambe · Santa Fe County, New Mexico