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
Texas Hill1,849 ac
2009
San Miguel1,636 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
San Miguel1,635 ac
2009 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Lil Orogrande1,338 ac
2009 · perimeter dated May 10, 2009
Cookes1,170 ac
2009 · perimeter dated April 20, 2009
Star Grass1,037 ac
2009 · perimeter dated June 19, 2009
Rocky49,172 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 25, 2008
Rocky49,132 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Bonnie25,349 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 22, 2008
Center Peak Fire25,183 ac
2008 · perimeter dated May 30, 2008
Trigo13,708 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Cholla12,634 ac
2008 · perimeter dated April 10, 2008
Big Spring5,357 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
Whitmire4,063 ac
2008 · perimeter dated May 23, 2008
Ponderosa3,422 ac
2008 · perimeter dated March 15, 2008
Hwy 3802,644 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 24, 2008
Pine2,285 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 26, 2008
Pipeline2,064 ac
2008 · perimeter dated March 15, 2008
Bounder Road2,038 ac
2008 · perimeter dated April 15, 2008
Dripping Springs1,778 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 29, 2008
At&T1,657 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 1, 2009
West1,433 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 26, 2008
Aggie1,081 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 8, 2008
Hl10,401 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Woodland7,921 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Ojo Peak6,970 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Canyon6,156 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Silverweed1,922 ac
2007 · perimeter dated March 15, 2007
Granite1,918 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
Loco1,650 ac
2007 · perimeter dated February 1, 2008
I-40428,846 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Mcdonald92,516 ac
2006 · perimeter dated March 13, 2006
Bear51,324 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Sweetwater Dobson31,890 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Gladstone19,833 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Skates12,585 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Martinez7,939 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Wilson7,550 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Pipeline7,219 ac
2006 · perimeter dated May 19, 2006
Windy6,350 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
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.