New Mexico Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
New Mexico shares Arizona's early season: the driest, windiest weeks come in late spring, before monsoon moisture arrives. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to New Mexico conditions.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 7 active mapped fires attributed to New Mexico, about 16,461 acres total. Largest: Frijoles (15,451 acres, 59% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- No Red Flag Warnings in or near the New Mexico map area.
- Smoke
- Light smoke over parts of the New Mexico map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-31).
- Fire weather
- No elevated SPC fire weather outlook over the New Mexico map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the New Mexico map area are exceptional drought (D4) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a New Mexico reporting area: San Juan County, AQI 42 (Good).
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the New Mexico map area.
Data as of Sep 1, 2:55 PM MDT. Sources: NIFC, NWS, NOAA, EPA AirNow, U.S. Drought Monitor. Map areas are rectangular and overlap neighboring states; open the live map for exact locations.
Fire season and landscape
Large fire activity typically peaks April through June, driven by wind events across drought-cured fuels. Once the monsoon establishes in July, attention shifts to lightning starts and flash flooding on recent burn scars.
The Gila, Santa Fe, Carson, and Lincoln national forests span the state's fire country, from the Gila's remote wilderness in the southwest to the Sangre de Cristos above the Rio Grande valley. Wind-driven spring fires in the east-side plains and foothills are a recurring pattern in drought years.
- Spring wind events across cured fuels drive New Mexico's largest fires; the red flag and fire weather outlook layers mark those days.
- The drought layer's weekly picture is the best single indicator of how severe a New Mexico spring season is likely to run.
- Burn scar flash flooding follows the monsoon; the river gauge layer tracks the drainages below recent fires.
Official New Mexico sources
Layer guides for New Mexico conditions
Informational only. Not an emergency alert service. Data comes from government sources that can lag, drop, or be wrong at any time. In an emergency call 911 and follow your local authorities. Field Risk Systems™ is not affiliated with any government agency. See the terms of use and privacy notice.
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