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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

Lilly24,267 ac
1997 · perimeter dated February 1, 1998
Rabbit7,600 ac
1997 · perimeter dated February 1, 1998
Langstroth5,800 ac
1997 · perimeter dated February 1, 1998
Rocky4,193 ac
1997 · perimeter dated February 1, 1998
Lummis2,137 ac
1997 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lummis Pnf1,668 ac
1997 · perimeter dated April 28, 2018
Dome18,559 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dome16,517 ac
1996 · perimeter dated December 29, 2016
Cherry15,835 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Lookout14,206 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 1, 1997
Hondo8,530 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 1, 1997
Pinatosa6,395 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 1, 1997
K355,509 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 1, 1997
Langstroth5,360 ac
1996 · perimeter dated February 1, 1997
Choases28,648 ac
1995 · perimeter dated July 27, 1995
Bonner26,415 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
South10,924 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
H.B.9,685 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Sprite7,369 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Torres6,017 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Granite4,784 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Ws2,917 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Q-Ball2,707 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Milligan2,198 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Albion1,492 ac
1995 · perimeter dated February 1, 1996
Chuck1,236 ac
1995 · perimeter dated January 26, 2023
Pot29,230 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Organ13,810 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 15, 1994
Pinnacle7,114 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Big Rocks Complex5,404 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Mule5,235 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Pigeon5,194 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Bridge4,962 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Pueblo3,085 ac
1994 · perimeter dated May 25, 1994
Magdelena2,887 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 29, 1994
Prather2,869 ac
1994 · perimeter dated July 10, 1994
Glass2,335 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Rapid2,073 ac
1994 · perimeter dated June 25, 1994
Bull1,885 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995
Aeroplane1,847 ac
1994 · perimeter dated February 1, 1995

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.