Burn severity · New Mexico 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in New Mexico
Unburned to very low 25,182 10,875 5,930 99 0 42,087
Low 10,643 2,296 186 29 0 13,155
Moderate low 6,370 867 50 2 0 7,289
Moderate high 4,795 458 47 1 0 5,301
High 11,392 240 35 0 0 11,667
Assessed acres in New Mexico 58,382 14,737 6,248 132 0 79,499
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in New Mexico Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Seven Cabins Fire 31,860 29,478 19,298 6,864 1,957 802 556
Frijoles Fire 15,956 15,942 3,013 1,724 2,157 2,056 6,992
Sacaton Fire 9,861 8,174 2,986 1,563 1,421 1,140 1,065
Bear Fire 7,769 7,634 3,515 1,191 753 590 1,585
Hummingbird Fire 5,716 5,566 5,307 152 55 35 17
Sparks Fire 6,000 5,556 5,496 48 8 4 1
Beehive Fire 4,728 4,730 1,516 1,096 463 395 1,261
Whiskey Fire 542 528 292 93 65 31 47
Six Mile Fire 341 335 256 41 14 12 12
Johnson Fire 401 304 140 56 79 27 1
Sago Fire 282 280 126 109 26 12 7
Tusas Fire 233 233 23 56 102 39 12
Rio Fire 167 146 4 27 92 23 0
Sunset Fire 145 146 49 66 22 5 4
Deer Canyon Fire 117 117 10 14 22 71 1
Mogote Ridge Fire 152 117 14 15 17 15 56
Diamante Fire 86 83 1 2 9 29 41
Pine River Fire 55 59 16 28 15 0 0
Coco Fire 25 24 1 4 4 9 5
Blanco Fire 21 21 13 2 2 1 3
Sand Springs Fire 15 10 0 1 4 5 1
McCauley Springs Fire 712 6 0 2 2 1 0
Cerro Fire 7 6 6 0 0 0 0
Rivera Canyon Fire 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Mimms Fire 7,093 — Awaiting a perimeter
Six Mile Fire - Magdalena Ranger District - Cibola National Forest & Grasslands 341 — Awaiting a perimeter
El Rito Creek Fire 140 — Awaiting a perimeter
Perch Fire 57 — 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 31 92,895
Offered to assessment 31 92,895
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 24 85,195
Awaiting a perimeter 7 7,700
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside New Mexico 0 0
Assessed acres in New Mexico 24 79,499
Assessed acres outside New Mexico — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 79,499
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-09-27 10:00 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-27 10:00 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for NM. 30 m cells.