Howard Ranch Fire
The Howard Ranch Fire was reported on November 28, 2025 in Chaves County, New Mexico and burned 386 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 386 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 28, 2025
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.693, -103.753.
The incident
- Size
- 386 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM MST
- Contained
- November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles S from kenna, NM
- County
- Chaves County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- kenna
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMN5S-000467
- IRWIN identifier
- A39CF850-EC94-4094-8C52-87FB85494B12
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tatum, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tatum, NM39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Portales, NM42 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Roswell, NM49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dexter, NM49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hagerman, NM52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM55 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM MST. Identifier 2025-NMN5S-000467.