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Wildfires in New Mexico
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 19,370 km² of New Mexico at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 1,860 km², ranking 22nd of 51 regions of United States.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2022, with 4,730 km² detected; the quietest was 2015, with 953 km². The 2021–2025 average is 50% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
April, May and June together hold 55% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 2 May 2022, with detections in 428 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 19,370 km² with at least one detection, 6.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 15,220 | 79% |
| 2 years | 2,990 | 15% |
| 3 to 5 years | 980 | 5.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 147 | 0.8% |
| 11 years or more | 26 | 0.1% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 32.25, -103.75 and holds 15% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,420 | 6,095 |
| 2013 | 1,550 | 3,441 |
| 2014 | 999 | 2,064 |
| 2015 | 953 | 2,557 |
| 2016 | 1,640 | 3,935 |
| 2017 | 1,530 | 3,462 |
| 2018 | 2,410 | 6,023 |
| 2019 | 1,620 | 5,283 |
| 2020 | 1,530 | 4,239 |
| 2021 | 1,760 | 4,536 |
| 2022 | 4,730 | 11,435 |
| 2023 | 1,840 | 4,362 |
| 2024 | 1,440 | 2,942 |
| 2025 | 1,540 | 3,411 |
Other regions of United States
- Texas13,010 km² in an average year
- Georgia10,210 km² in an average year
- California9,720 km² in an average year
- Florida8,510 km² in an average year
- Kansas6,780 km² in an average year
- Oklahoma6,770 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Texas188 km
- Sonora, Mexico612 km
- Coahuila, Mexico657 km
- Arizona663 km
- Colorado673 km
- Chihuahua, Mexico748 km