Quay County, New Mexico · Wildfire
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The Frontera Fire is a wildfire near Quay County, New Mexico. It has burned about 45 acres (about 34 football fields). It was first reported about 5 months ago. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, July 22nd at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
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
97°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 3% chance of rain
Tonight
71°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 10 to 15 mph S · 3% chance of rain
Thursday
99°F · Sunny
Wind 10 to 20 mph SW · 1% chance of rain
Thursday Night
70°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 20 mph W · 8% chance of rain
Friday
97°F · Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph NE · 23% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, July 22nd at 10:03 a.m. CDT.
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.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:
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