Shell City Fire
The Shell City Fire was reported on July 28, 2026 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and has burned 136 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 136 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 28, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.412, -104.680.
The incident
- Size
- 136 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 28, 2026 at 11:00 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-000426
- IRWIN identifier
- 53229733-FA33-4B03-B3F3-A9BF4F14964D
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 32%
- High of 80°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, 3:00 PM 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 9:02 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN4S-000426.