Big Cherry Fire
The Big Cherry Fire was reported on September 18, 2026 in Chaves County, New Mexico and has burned 3.2 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 18, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 32.860, -105.215.
The incident
- Size
- 3 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Chaves County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMCAD-000751
- IRWIN identifier
- 2877C9CA-3241-43A5-A813-D88C446B6204
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 15 mph from the northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 19%
- High of 83°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Sun, 4:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 September 19, 2026 at 6:41 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMCAD-000751.