Mesa Rica Fire

San Miguel County, New Mexico · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 24, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Now
Size
144 acres
Aug 24, 1:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Mesa Rica Fire and other nearby fires

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Mesa Rica Fire summary

The Mesa Rica Fire is a wildfire near San Miguel County, New Mexico. It has burned about 144 acres (about 109 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
144 acres
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 24, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 24th at 1:00 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.

Today

95°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 5 mph N · 14% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Dry

Tonight

65°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 to 15 mph NE · 20% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Tuesday

93°F · Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 10 mph NE · 18% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Tuesday Night

63°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 5 to 15 mph NE · 55% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Wednesday

88°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 10 mph NE · 27% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 24th at 1:07 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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Nearby fires to Mesa Rica Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 2 other active fires, closest first:

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