Dunken Fire
The Dunken Fire was reported on April 20, 2026 in Chaves County, New Mexico and has burned 45 acres.
- Size
- 45 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- April 20, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped September 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM MDT, 54 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.780, -105.236.
The incident
- Size
- 45 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- April 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Chaves County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMN5S-000235
- IRWIN identifier
- 0295D183-240E-4741-87F1-8DDC03E3A7EA
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 20%
- High of 86°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 Mon, 10:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Cloudcroft, NM32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mescalero, NM41 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alamogordo, NM43 miles west of the fire’s origin
- La Luz, NM43 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso Downs, NM44 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Boles Acres, NM44 miles west 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 September 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN5S-000235.