Mesa Rica Fire
The Mesa Rica Fire was reported on August 23, 2026 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and has burned 144 acres.
- Size
- 144 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 23, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.231, -104.191.
The incident
- Size
- 144 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- San Miguel County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMN4S-000528
- IRWIN identifier
- F17074DE-FEFC-41AB-8F15-094392767BB8
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the south
- Relative humidity as low as 49%
- High of 75°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 0.2 µg/m³ around Wed, 8:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Tucumcari, NM26 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santa Rosa, NM34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Las Vegas, NM63 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM76 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clovis, NM80 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Texico, NM87 miles southeast 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 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN4S-000528.