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
Tiffany8,365 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 4, 2017
Round7,524 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 6, 2017
Bonita7,426 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 28, 2018
Hondito7,001 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 28, 2018
Taylor Canyon4,578 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 28, 2017
Teacher3,555 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 11, 2017
Ojitos3,306 ac
2017 · perimeter dated November 7, 2017
Gravel2,867 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 19, 2017
Escondido1,465 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 28, 2018
Rael1,429 ac
2017 · perimeter dated March 2, 2017
Cajete1,412 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 20, 2017
Seven1,176 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 11, 2017
Deer Creek1,022 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 13, 2017
North Fire42,098 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 22, 2016
Doghead17,875 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 25, 2016
Mckenna10,210 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 16, 2016
School7,316 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 12, 2017
Turkey6,919 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 10, 2016
Cooney3,622 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 12, 2017
Cowboy3,147 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 23, 2016
Timber2,800 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 29, 2016
Bruton2,331 ac
2016 · perimeter dated February 22, 2016
Spur2,244 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 12, 2017
Red Canyon Fire16,723 ac
2015 · perimeter dated February 1, 2016
Moore3,671 ac
2015 · perimeter dated May 26, 2015
Pinon3,285 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 29, 2015
Comissary2,534 ac
2015 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Signal5,484 ac
2014 · perimeter dated May 21, 2014
Pino4,304 ac
2014 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Diego3,614 ac
2014 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Prom1,074 ac
2014 · perimeter dated April 28, 2014
Whiskey1,006 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Silver138,706 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 11, 2013
Thompson Ridge23,968 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Jaroso11,149 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Tres Lagunas10,219 ac
2013 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Whitewater-Baldy Complex297,801 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 31, 2012
Little Bear44,351 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Horse Canyon7,290 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2013
Whippy1,367 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 31, 2012
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.