New Mexico Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 400 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in New Mexico, 5 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 428,846 ac; together they cover about 5,295,053 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in New Mexico
All mapped large fires
Cuervito1,588 ac
2021 · perimeter dated May 22, 2021
Pine Lodge12,870 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 19, 2020
Rawhide9,952 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 19, 2020
Triple Nickel8,063 ac
2019 · perimeter dated October 4, 2019
Roberts5,020 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 16, 2019
Nmser-Fy19-Rx-North Diamond4,837 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 12, 2020
Lone Mountain3,631 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 19, 2020
Spring3,556 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 10, 2019
South3,057 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 14, 2019
Montoya Springs2,656 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Gurule2,364 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 20, 2019
K492,269 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 14, 2019
Lava 182,070 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 9, 2019
Francisquito2,009 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 20, 2019
Amole1,954 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 13, 2019
Elk1,819 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 16, 2019
Ghost1,770 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 8, 2019
Black1,235 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 14, 2019
Cueva1,139 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 24, 2019
Woodrow1,076 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 6, 2019
Naranjo1,010 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 10, 2019
Ok Bar Fire59,374 ac
2018 · perimeter dated April 27, 2018
Buzzard50,230 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 24, 2018
Stateline28,100 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 2, 2018
San Luis19,474 ac
2018 · perimeter dated May 21, 2018
Diener Canyon9,340 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 25, 2019
Crooked Creek6,894 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 24, 2018
Kellar5,762 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 1, 2018
Owl4,787 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 10, 2018
Venado4,064 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 26, 2018
Blue Water3,479 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 25, 2019
2463,361 ac
2018 · perimeter dated April 20, 2018
Sardinas Canyon2,337 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 6, 2018
Blanco2,065 ac
2018 · perimeter dated March 25, 2019
Soldier Canyon1,282 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 7, 2019
Corral20,501 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 6, 2017
Kerr11,887 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 14, 2017
Baca11,145 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 9, 2017
Straw9,361 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 26, 2017
Tiffany9,200 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 28, 2017
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.