Johnson Fire
The Johnson Fire was reported on July 26, 2026 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 401 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 401 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped August 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM MDT, 327 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 33.246, -108.467.
The incident
- Size
- 401 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 39 Miles NW from Mimbres, NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Mimbres
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $75,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMGNF-000506
- IRWIN identifier
- 438C97DC-B8F8-44E1-8C0C-7D58494F4D99
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 15 mph from the southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 27%
- High of 73°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 0.6 µg/m³ around Mon, 2:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Silver City, NM35 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ50 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 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMGNF-000506.