2026 New Mexico Wildfires
Newest wildfires in New Mexico
Largest wildfires in New Mexico this season
All 2026 New Mexico Fires · 31 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in New Mexico. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in New Mexico, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into New Mexico is listed too, at its New Mexico acres, and is not added to the New Mexico fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Cabins Fire | Lincoln | May 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 31,860 | 33.6192, -105.3478 | 33.6515, -105.2009 |
| Frijoles Fire | Santa Fe | Aug 6, 2026 | 90% | Active | 15,956 | 35.9226, -105.8204 | 35.9098, -105.8574 |
| Sacaton Fire | Catron | Jun 21, 2026 | 100% | Active | 9,861 | 33.3160, -108.6315 | 33.2690, -108.6756 |
| Bear Fire | Catron | Jun 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 7,769 | 34.0326, -108.2709 | 34.0590, -108.2030 |
| Mimms Fire | Quay | May 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 7,093 | 34.8580, -103.8900 | — |
| Sparks Fire | Quay | Apr 28, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 6,000 | 34.8577, -103.9970 | 34.8462, -104.0560 |
| Hummingbird Fire | Catron | Apr 20, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 5,716 | 33.3784, -108.5865 | 33.3549, -108.6587 |
| Beehive Fire | Rio Arriba | Jun 27, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 4,728 | 36.7503, -106.1199 | 36.7373, -106.1649 |
| McCauley Springs Fire | Sandoval | Jun 24, 2026 | 93% | Inactive | 712 | 35.8932, -106.5685 | 35.8351, -106.6397 |
| Whiskey Fire | Torrance | Aug 21, 2026 | 75% | Active | 542 | 34.6826, -106.4290 | 34.6836, -106.4274 |
| Johnson Fire | Catron | Jul 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 401 | 33.2471, -108.4662 | 33.2389, -108.4889 |
| Six Mile Fire - Magdalena Ranger District - Cibola National Forest & Grasslands | Socorro | May 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 341 | 33.9610, -107.1390 | — |
| Six Mile Fire | Socorro | May 8, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 341 | 33.9607, -107.1439 | 33.9794, -107.0988 |
| Sago Fire | Otero | Mar 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 282 | 33.1353, -105.4962 | 33.1733, -105.4640 |
| Tusas Fire | San Miguel | Apr 22, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 233 | 35.7812, -105.3053 | 35.7762, -105.3133 |
| Rio Fire | Rio Arriba | Jun 17, 2026 | 75% | Inactive | 167 | 36.0394, -106.3472 | 35.9350, -106.6276 |
| Mogote Ridge Fire | Rio Arriba | Aug 26, 2026 | 90% | Active | 152 | 36.4896, -106.3052 | 36.4870, -106.3147 |
| Sunset Fire | Lincoln | Aug 19, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 145 | 33.5708, -105.2317 | 32.0648, -103.9377 |
| El Rito Creek Fire | Guadalupe | Mar 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 140 | 34.9330, -104.6740 | — |
| Deer Canyon Fire | Torrance | Jun 20, 2026 | 50% | Inactive | 117 | 34.4549, -106.2432 | 34.4260, -106.2816 |
| Diamante Fire | Rio Arriba | Aug 11, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 86 | 36.9752, -106.8161 | 37.0104, -106.8716 |
| Perch Fire | Guadalupe | Mar 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 57 | 34.9240, -104.6640 | — |
| Pine River Fire | San Juan | Jun 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 55 | 36.9027, -107.5978 | 36.7506, -107.7244 |
| Dunken Fire | Chaves | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 45 | 32.7830, -105.2350 | — |
| Coco Fire | Rio Arriba | Aug 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 25 | 36.8416, -106.0136 | 36.9154, -106.1101 |
| Blanco Fire | Torrance | Aug 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 21 | 34.7856, -106.3903 | 34.7874, -106.3887 |
| Nacimiento Wildfire | Sandoval | Mar 22, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 18 | 35.9820, -106.8960 | — |
| Sand Springs Fire | Torrance | Jul 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 34.6753, -106.4357 | 34.5520, -106.5908 |
| Cerro Fire | Torrance | Aug 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 7 | 34.7910, -106.3920 | 34.7894, -106.3901 |
| Lodin Fire | Rio Arriba | Aug 6, 2026 | 60% | Inactive | 6 | 36.0160, -106.6770 | — |
| Rivera Canyon Fire | Cibola | Jun 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 35.0781, -108.1638 | 35.0672, -108.1484 |
| Also burned into New Mexico | |||||||
| Sw3 Fire from Colorado | Las Animas | Sep 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 8 of 145 | 37.0023, -104.4097 | 37.0002, -104.4092 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 31 | Active Fires 4 | Acres Burning 26,511 | 2026 Season Acres 92,903 | |||
Land cover · New Mexico 2026
Burned acres in New Mexico 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.
Forest ownership · New Mexico 2026
Burned forest acres in New Mexico 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.
Burn severity · New Mexico 2026
Burned acres in New Mexico for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.