Land cover · New Mexico 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in New Mexico % of burned % of New Mexico
Forest 61,585 73.3% 20.9%
Range (shrubland) 15,947 19.0% 46.6%
Grassland 6,303 7.5% 27.1%
Other 133 0.2% 5.4%
Measured acres in New Mexico 83,969 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in New Mexico Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Seven Cabins Fire 31,860 31,865 21,825 9,791 207 42 0
Frijoles Fire 15,956 15,942 15,616 267 59 0 0
Sacaton Fire 9,861 9,858 5,932 3,647 244 35 0
Bear Fire 7,769 7,765 7,763 1 1 0 0
Hummingbird Fire 5,716 5,710 3,907 1,370 425 8 0
Sparks Fire 6,000 5,556 100 365 5,057 34 0
Beehive Fire 4,728 4,730 4,239 239 244 8 0
Whiskey Fire 542 528 513 12 3 0 0
Johnson Fire 401 422 422 0 0 0 0
Six Mile Fire 341 341 195 109 32 5 0
Sago Fire 282 280 244 32 4 0 0
Tusas Fire 233 233 219 6 7 0 0
Rio Fire 167 146 97 41 8 0 0
Sunset Fire 145 146 125 21 0 0 0
Deer Canyon Fire 117 117 116 1 0 0 0
Mogote Ridge Fire 152 117 90 22 5 0 0
Diamante Fire 86 83 82 1 0 0 0
Pine River Fire 55 59 41 18 0 1 0
Coco Fire 25 24 12 4 7 0 0
Blanco Fire 21 21 21 0 0 0 0
Sand Springs Fire 15 10 10 0 0 0 0
McCauley Springs Fire 712 6 5 0 0 0 0
Cerro Fire 7 6 6 0 0 0 0
Rivera Canyon Fire 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(7)
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 measurement 31 92,895
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 24 85,195
Awaiting a perimeter 7 7,700
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 83,969
Measured acres outside New Mexico — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 83,969
Reported minus measured — 1,226
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for NM. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-25. 30 m cells.