Trigg Fire
The Trigg Fire was reported on May 21, 2026 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and burned 2,000 acres. It is 95 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2026
- Personnel
- 39
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped May 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM MDT, 2,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 35.530, -103.949.
The incident
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 17 Miles S from Mosquero, NM
- County
- San Miguel County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Mosquero
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $175,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NMN4S-000215
- IRWIN identifier
- E7CB92A2-60E4-4C15-BFFD-9AE0A5523B56
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mosquero, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mosquero, NM17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Tucumcari, NM28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Rosa, NM58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Las Vegas, NM72 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Clayton, NM77 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM86 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 May 28, 2026 at 6:19 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NMN4S-000215.