No longer in the daily fire updates. The Wilson Fire last appeared in an official report on August 3, at under 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Wilson Fire

Catron County, New Mexico · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 3, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
First reported yesterday
Metric Now
Size
0 acres
Aug 2, 9:00 PM
Containment
Crew size
Money spent

Wilson Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Wilson Fire summary

The Wilson Fire is a wildfire near Catron County, New Mexico. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 2, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 2nd at 8:00 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.

Tonight

58°F · Mostly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 5 mph SW · 10% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Monday

88°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 0 to 10 mph NW · 14% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Monday Night

58°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 18% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Tuesday

88°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 10 mph NW · 43% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Tuesday Night

57°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 10 mph SW · 50% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 2nd at 8:06 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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