Limestone Fire
The Limestone Fire was reported on July 8, 2026 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and has burned 120 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 120 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.555, -104.253.
The incident
- Size
- 120 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- San Miguel County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMN4S-000368
- IRWIN identifier
- 9DCE5DB0-43D8-489A-B431-59FB226CECA6
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the north
- Relative humidity as low as 18%
- High of 89°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, 7:00 AM 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 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN4S-000368.