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Smoke from the Las Conchas fire in 2011. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of New Mexico. New Mexico has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions that often produce moderate to severe wildfires.
The 2022 Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire was the largest and most destructive wildfire in the history of New Mexico.The fire burned 341,471 acres (138,188 hectares) between early April and late June in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in San Miguel, Mora, and Taos counties.
The South Fork Fire and Salt Fire continue to burn in southern New Mexico.. Since its start on Monday, June 17, the wildfires have burned over 20,000 acres with 0% containment, according to the ...
Two deaths have been linked to the fires, which together have burned more than 25,000 acres in and around Ruidoso, New Mexico State Police have said. The fires broke out on the Mescalero Apache ...
At least one person has been reported dead as a result of the fast-growing wildfires still burning in New Mexico, officials said Tuesday.. The state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency ...
The 2022 New Mexico wildfire season were a series of wildfires which burnt throughout the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of December 13, 2022 [update] , 904,422 acres (366,007 ha) had burned across the state. [ 2 ]
New Mexico is caught in a decades-long drought that has made wildfires more destructive and faster moving. In 2022 the state suffered the largest blaze in the continental United States which ...
Fire caused by lightning on Lincoln National Forest. [2] [3] Indios Rio Arriba: 11,477: May 19: August 2: Fire caused by lightning on Santa Fe National Forest and managed for ecological benefit. [4] [5] Antone Catron: 12,455: June 7: July 30: Fire caused by lightning on Gila National Forest and managed for ecological benefit. [6] [7] Encerrita ...