Mogote Hill Fire
The Mogote Hill Fire was reported on March 14, 2025 in Mora County, New Mexico and burned 21,433 acres. It is 97 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 21,433 acres
- Contained
- 97%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped March 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM MDT, 21,433 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 35.862, -104.759.
The incident
- Size
- 21,433 acres
- Containment
- 97%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Approximately 40 miles northeast of Las Vegas, NM
- County
- Mora County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Wagon Mound
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $390,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMN4S-000043
- IRWIN identifier
- 7C293856-FFC6-4BD9-97C2-4EA8917667B7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Las Vegas, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Las Vegas, NM32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Angel Fire, NM47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pecos, NM55 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM59 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos, NM59 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos Pueblo, NM59 miles northwest 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 November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM MST. Identifier 2025-NMN4S-000043.