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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

Bear Paw3,086 ac
2006 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Rb-781,937 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Taylor1,780 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Brushy1,710 ac
2006 · perimeter dated February 1, 2007
Eppers1,448 ac
2006 · perimeter dated May 18, 2006
Bull75,908 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Fork11,937 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Johnson11,036 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Ok State Line6,083 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Pine Canyon3,922 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Continental1,993 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Mountain1,224 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 1, 2006
Mitchell1,022 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 20, 2005
Peppin67,360 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Baseball22,324 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 20, 2017
Sedgwick8,603 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Granny Wfu5,651 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Lookout5,261 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Rincon Wfu3,610 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 1, 2005
Dry Lake Complex65,077 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Boiler58,116 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Moonshine27,647 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Turnbo18,865 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Ten Cow13,519 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Jenny6,509 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Capulin6,290 ac
2003 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Divide5,801 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Spruce5,619 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Seco5,588 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Morgan4,487 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Walker3,433 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Granite3,277 ac
2003 · perimeter dated January 19, 2017
Goat1,807 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Silver1,783 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Granny1,761 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Nabours1,030 ac
2003 · perimeter dated February 1, 2004
Ponil86,558 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Middle37,120 ac
2002 · perimeter dated January 23, 2017
#5#216,392 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003
Penasco15,015 ac
2002 · perimeter dated February 1, 2003

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.