Whiskey Fire

Perimeter mapped September 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM MDT, 460 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.679, -106.432.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Meadow Lake

Size

542 acres

Containment

75%

Discovered

August 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

15 Miles NW from Mountainair, NM

County

Torrance County

State

New Mexico

Nearest city reported

Mountainair

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

37

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$4,331,060

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NMCIF-000540

IRWIN identifier

D523CDA6-59EA-4DF0-8CBE-DF2778E55B0F

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 26, 2026 (23 acres) to September 14, 2026 (460 acres). The largest one-day growth was 151 acres, mapped August 30, 2026.

• Wind up to 10 mph from the southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 37%
• High of 62°F

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

Full forecast for Meadow Lake, 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 0.1 µg/m³ around Tue, 3:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Meadow Lake, NM11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Monterey Park, NM13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• El Cerro Mission, NM13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Las Maravillas, NM14 miles west of the fire’s origin
• El Cerro, NM17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Rio Communities, NM17 miles west of the fire’s origin