North Pasture Fire

Cibola County, New Mexico · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Jul 22, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Last report Now Change
Size
0 acres
Jul 22, 5:00 PM
0 acres
Jul 22, 5:00 PM
Containment
Crew size
Money spent

North Pasture Fire and other nearby fires

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North Pasture Fire summary

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The North Pasture Fire is a wildfire near Cibola County, New Mexico. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
July 22, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, July 22nd at 5:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

This Afternoon

79°F · Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 10 mph S · 79% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely

Tonight

57°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 10 mph SW · 38% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Thursday

86°F · Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 10 mph SW · 16% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Thursday Night

59°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 10 mph SW · 18% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Friday

88°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 40% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, July 22nd at 5:06 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:

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