2026 New Mexico Wildfires

5 Active Fires

26,145 Acres Burning About the size of Galveston Island

29 2026 Season Fires ▲ +3 (+12%) vs same period last year

85,234 2026 Season Acres ▼ -96,670 (-53%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in New Mexico

Aug 26 Started 152 acres 117 football fields Mogote Ridge Fire

Aug 24 Started 21 acres 16 football fields Blanco Fire

Aug 24 Started 7 acres 5 football fields Cerro Fire

Aug 21 Started 432 acres 51% the size of Central Park 332 football fields Whiskey Fire

Largest wildfires in New Mexico this season

31,860 Acres About the size of San Francisco 6.1x the size of JFK Airport Seven Cabins Fire Capitan

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

9,861 Acres 1.9x the size of JFK Airport 8.2x the size of Lincoln Park Sacaton Fire Reserve

7,769 Acres 9.2x the size of Central Park 53% the size of Manhattan Bear Fire Reserve

All 2026 New Mexico Fires · 29 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.

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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	79%	Active	15,547	35.9232, -105.8210	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
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	42%	Active	432	34.6825, -106.4296	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	74%	Active	152	36.4896, -106.3052	36.4870, -106.3147
Sunset Fire	Lincoln	Aug 19, 2026	100%	Active	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
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	—	Active	8 of 145	37.0023, -104.4097	37.0002, -104.4092
Totals		2026 Season Fires 29	Active Fires 5	Acres Burning 26,145	2026 Season Acres 85,234

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.

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Acres by cover type	Acres in New Mexico	% of burned	% of New Mexico
Forest	61,121	73.2%	20.9%
Range (shrubland)	15,944	19.1%	46.6%
Grassland	6,302	7.5%	27.1%
Other	133	0.2%	5.4%
Measured acres in New Mexico	83,500	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in New Mexico	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Seven Cabins Fire	31,860	31,865	21,825	9,791	207	42
Frijoles Fire	15,547	15,541	15,216	266	58	0
Sacaton Fire	9,861	9,858	5,932	3,647	244	35
Bear Fire	7,769	7,765	7,763	1	1	0
Hummingbird Fire	5,716	5,710	3,907	1,370	425	8
Sparks Fire	6,000	5,556	100	365	5,057	34
Beehive Fire	4,728	4,730	4,239	239	244	8
Whiskey Fire	432	460	449	8	3	0
Johnson Fire	401	422	422	0	0	0
Six Mile Fire	341	341	195	109	32	5
Sago Fire	282	280	244	32	4	0
Tusas Fire	233	233	219	6	7	0
Rio Fire	167	146	97	41	8	0
Sunset Fire	145	146	125	21	0	0
Deer Canyon Fire	117	117	116	1	0	0
Mogote Ridge Fire	152	117	90	22	5	0
Diamante Fire	86	83	82	1	0	0
Pine River Fire	55	59	41	18	0	1
Coco Fire	25	24	12	4	7	0
Blanco Fire	21	21	21	0	0	0
Sand Springs Fire	15	10	10	0	0	0
McCauley Springs Fire	712	6	5	0	0	0
Cerro Fire	7	6	6	0	0	0
Rivera Canyon Fire	4	4	4	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Six Mile Fire - Magdalena Ranger District - Cibola National Forest & Grasslands	341	—	Awaiting a perimeter
El Rito Creek Fire	140	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Dunken Fire	45	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Nacimiento Wildfire	18	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Lodin Fire	6	—	Awaiting a perimeter

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	29	85,226
Offered to measurement	29	85,226
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	24	84,676
Awaiting a perimeter	5	550
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	0	0
Every cell outside New Mexico	0	0
Measured acres in New Mexico	24	83,500
Measured acres outside New Mexico	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	83,500
Reported minus measured	—	1,176
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in New Mexico	% of burned forest	% of New Mexico's forestland
Public	58,551	95.8%	56.7%
Federal	58,529	95.8%	48.6%
State	21	0.0%	8.1%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	244	0.4%	11.5%
Tribal	244	0.4%	11.5%
Private	1,814	3.0%	31.8%
Family	942	1.5%	21.6%
Corporate	872	1.4%	9.7%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.5%
Ownership not modeled	514	0.8%	—
Burned forest in New Mexico	61,121	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in New Mexico	Federal	State	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
Seven Cabins Fire	21,825	20,567	0	0	1,251	6
Frijoles Fire	15,216	15,178	0	0	16	22
Bear Fire	7,763	7,656	0	0	106	1
Sacaton Fire	5,932	5,932	0	0	0	0
Beehive Fire	4,239	3,742	0	0	22	474
Hummingbird Fire	3,907	3,907	0	0	0	0
Whiskey Fire	449	449	0	0	0	0
Johnson Fire	422	422	0	0	0	0
Sago Fire	244	0	0	244	0	0
Tusas Fire	219	0	0	0	219	0
Six Mile Fire	195	195	0	0	0	0
Sunset Fire	125	125	0	0	0	0
Deer Canyon Fire	116	0	0	0	116	0
Sparks Fire	100	0	21	0	72	7
Rio Fire	97	97	0	0	0	0
Mogote Ridge Fire	90	90	0	0	0	0
Diamante Fire	82	71	0	0	11	0
Pine River Fire	41	39	0	0	0	2
Blanco Fire	21	21	0	0	0	0
Coco Fire	12	12	0	0	0	0
Sand Springs Fire	10	10	0	0	0	0
Cerro Fire	6	6	0	0	0	0
McCauley Springs Fire	5	5	0	0	0	0
Rivera Canyon Fire	4	4	0	0	0	0