K18 Fire
The K18 Fire was reported on August 9, 2026 in Union County, New Mexico and burned 283 acres. It was fully contained on August 9, 2026.
- Size
- 283 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 9, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped August 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM CDT, 283 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 36.341, -103.143.
The incident
- Size
- 283 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Union County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMCIF-000524
- IRWIN identifier
- A78D98F0-D1BB-41F3-8D3D-1B09E886CB9A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Texline, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 August 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-NMCIF-000524.