Mogote Ridge Fire

Perimeter mapped September 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM MDT, 116 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.492, -106.305.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for El Rito

Size

152 acres

Containment

90%

Discovered

August 26, 2026 at 12:20 PM MDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

6 Miles E from Canjilon, NM

County

Rio Arriba County

State

New Mexico

Nearest city reported

El Rito

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

47

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$2,300,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NMCAF-000747

IRWIN identifier

CEF009F8-3B2A-4EEF-A2DC-857A404BE55B

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 29, 2026 (112 acres) to September 6, 2026 (116 acres). The largest one-day growth was 116 acres, mapped September 2, 2026.

• Wind up to 10 mph from the southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 59%
• High of 60°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for El Rito, NM

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.

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 Tue, 3:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• El Rito, NM12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Santa Teresa, NM31 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Chama, NM32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Ohkay Owingeh, NM33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Española, NM37 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Santa Clara Pueblo, NM38 miles south of the fire’s origin