New Mexico wildfires

Indios Fire

OutRio Arriba County, New Mexico2024Wildfire

The Indios Fire was reported on May 19, 2024 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 11,500 acres. It was declared out on October 22, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.

Size
11,500 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
May 19, 2024

Map

Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM MST, 11,477 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 36.287, -106.701.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Santa Teresa

The incident

Size
11,500 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
May 19, 2024 at 11:48 AM MDT
Contained
August 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM MDT
Controlled
August 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM MDT
Declared out
October 22, 2024 at 8:00 AM MDT
Cause
Natural
Location
Approximately 7 miles north of Coyote, NM
County
Rio Arriba County
State
New Mexico
Protecting agency
USFS
Jurisdiction
USFS
Land ownership at origin
USFS
Incident management
Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
Primary fuel
Hardwood Litter
Estimated cost to date
$15,188,000
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2024-NMSNF-000091
IRWIN identifier
21BF1C83-FDCA-40E7-A735-F164733FEAF1

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 21, 2024 (689 acres) to June 6, 2024 (11,491 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,680 acres, mapped June 1, 2024.

DayAcresChange
May 21, 2024689
May 22, 2024852+163
May 23, 20241,095+243
May 24, 20241,808+713
May 25, 20242,345+537
May 26, 20242,620+275
May 27, 20244,709+2,089
May 28, 20245,207+498
May 29, 20245,644+437
May 30, 20246,649+1,005
May 31, 20248,733+2,084
June 1, 202411,413+2,680
June 2, 202411,500+87
June 4, 202411,5000
June 5, 202411,491-9
June 6, 202411,4910

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Teresa, NM covers the area today.

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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-NMSNF-000091.