Six Mile Fire
The Six Mile Fire was reported on May 8, 2026 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 341 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 341 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 8, 2026
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped July 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM MDT, 341 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.961, -107.139.
The incident
- Size
- 341 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 12 Miles SE from Magdalena, NM
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Area Command, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,847,475
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMCIF-000228
- IRWIN identifier
- A2FF10EF-155B-4710-A71A-C8578CE09D1B
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 9, 2026 (203 acres) to July 22, 2026 (341 acres). The largest one-day growth was 156 acres, mapped May 10, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 203 | |
| May 10, 2026 | 359 | +156 |
| May 11, 2026 | 341 | -18 |
| May 15, 2026 | 330 | -11 |
| July 22, 2026 | 341 | +11 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Magdalena, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Magdalena, NM12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM50 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Belen, NM53 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Rio Communities, NM53 miles northeast 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 July 22, 2026 at 3:24 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMCIF-000228.