Official situation reports, containment progress, and county-level threat analysis for New Mexico.
Air quality data from AirNow.gov (EPA), measured near each fire's location.
Search by fire name or county to jump straight to a specific incident in New Mexico.
So far, 49 active wildfires have been recorded burning a combined 33,485 acres in New Mexico, based on official NIFC data.
The largest currently active fire in New Mexico is the Frijoles Fire in Santa Fe County, at 15,956 acres and 84% contained.
Right now, active fires span 14 different counties in New Mexico: Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance, Union. Use the county filter above or the search box to jump straight to your area.
Containment refers to the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have secured with control lines, not how much of the fire is extinguished. Read more about containment strategy in our glossary.
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There are currently 49 active wildfires reported in New Mexico, covering a combined 33,485 acres.
The largest currently active wildfire in New Mexico is the Frijoles Fire at 15,956 acres, 84% contained.
Active wildfires are currently reported across 14 counties in New Mexico: Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, McKinley, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance, Union.
Use the search box above or the county buttons under "Active Wildfires by County" to filter this page down to a single county. Every incident card also shows which county it's burning in.
Active fire data is pulled from NIFC every 20 minutes. AI-generated situation summaries refresh whenever new official data is reported for a given fire.
All incident data comes from the National Interagency Fire Center's official WFIGS feed. AI summaries are generated strictly from that official data and never invent facts.
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