Sparks Fire
The Sparks Fire was reported on April 28, 2026 in Quay County, New Mexico and burned 6,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 28, 2026
- Personnel
- 33
Map
Perimeter mapped September 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM MDT, 6,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 34.846, -104.056.
The incident
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 Miles SW from TUCUMCARI, NM
- County
- Quay County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- JORDAN
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 33
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMN4S-000168
- IRWIN identifier
- 92A5FA4C-E9AE-4372-9E1B-2F7732B1C785
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fort Sumner, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fort Sumner, NM28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tucumcari, NM29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Rosa, NM36 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clovis, NM57 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Portales, NM61 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 2, 2026 at 2:31 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN4S-000168.