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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

I-40 · 2006428,846 acWhitewater-Baldy Complex · 2012297,801 acLas Conchas · 2011156,989 acLas Conchas · 2011156,594 acSilver · 2013138,706 acDonaldson · 201196,129 acPasco · 200992,617 acMcdonald · 200692,516 acMiller · 201188,880 acMiller · 201188,818 ac

All mapped large fires

Box7,983 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 16, 1989
Collapse4,546 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lion4,153 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 16, 1989
Oak3,694 ac
1989 · perimeter dated April 22, 1989
Tracks2,825 ac
1989 · perimeter dated May 5, 1989
Malpais2,300 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Post2,196 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 7, 1989
Hooper2,024 ac
1989 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Hoya1,869 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Gas1,623 ac
1989 · perimeter dated July 15, 1989
Camp1,601 ac
1989 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Double1,335 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Trail1,274 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 8, 1989
Cli1,261 ac
1989 · perimeter dated June 21, 1989
Hills1,234 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Cottonwood1,162 ac
1989 · perimeter dated March 31, 1989
O Baro1,133 ac
1989 · perimeter dated May 5, 1989
Meason1,048 ac
1989 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Unit 212,092 ac
1988 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Prude1,921 ac
1988 · perimeter dated November 16, 1998
Sycamore9,413 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
White Pinnacle3,154 ac
1987 · perimeter dated January 18, 2017
Horsecamp2,421 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Aspen2,348 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Gwynn1,663 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Blood1,547 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Haystack1,483 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Miller1,316 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Gordon1,292 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Unknown1,233 ac
1987 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Granite1,580 ac
1986 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Iron4,463 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Bloodgood2,427 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Double2,271 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Panther2,106 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Shelley1,999 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Windmill1,587 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Clayton1,024 ac
1985 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Morris1,044 ac
1984 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994
Winter1,800 ac
1980 · perimeter dated February 1, 1994

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.