Rio Fire

Perimeter mapped June 18, 2026 at 11:03 AM MDT, 147 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 36.042, -106.349.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Los Alamos

Size

167 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

June 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

15 Miles W from Espanola, NM

County

Rio Arriba County

State

New Mexico

Nearest city reported

ABIQUIU, NM

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

1

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$3,200,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NMSNF-000285

IRWIN identifier

EB1896EA-57EE-4A7F-B102-B758FD376BD4

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 18, 2026 (166 acres) to June 22, 2026 (147 acres). The largest one-day growth was 18 acres, mapped June 19, 2026.

• Wind up to 5 mph from the west
• Relative humidity as low as 25%
• High of 69°F

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

Full forecast for Los Alamos, 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 0.3 µg/m³ around Mon, 8:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Los Alamos, NM11 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Española, NM15 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Santa Clara Pueblo, NM15 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Ohkay Owingeh, NM16 miles east of the fire’s origin
• La Mesilla, NM17 miles east of the fire’s origin
• White Rock, NM17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin