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Fires Near Albuquerque, NM

Live wildfire tracking around Albuquerque: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Albuquerque, NM

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 30 miles away.
There are currently 17 active fires within 300 miles of Albuquerque, NM, including 4 within 100 miles. None are inside Albuquerque city limits. The most significant is the McCauley Springs fire, 52 miles away at 712 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Albuquerque, NM in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Mobile Trailer-San Jose monitor is good (AQI 34).

House pin: Albuquerque, NM. Bold outline: Albuquerque city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

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542 acres
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1,254 acres
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6,070 acres
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258K acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 202675 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)2.2K acres

So far in 2026, 75 acres have burned within 25 miles of Albuquerque, 3% of the 2.2K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near Albuquerque, NM

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Albuquerque

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Aspen Acres Fire · Containment rose to 96%

    12 days ago · October 29, 2026

  2. Brantley 2 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    13 days ago · October 28, 2026

  3. Ferris Fire · New perimeter mapped at 64,881 acres (national perimeter feed)

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026

  4. Ferris Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026

  5. Line Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1,202 acres (national perimeter feed)

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026

  6. Beehive Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    22 days ago · October 19, 2026

  7. Aspen Acres Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    28 days ago · October 13, 2026

  8. Willow Fire · Containment rose to 92%

    28 days ago · October 13, 2026

  9. Whiskey Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026

  10. Whiskey Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026

Historic fires near Albuquerque

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Hermits Peak
2022
341,735 acres · 83 mi away
Las Conchas
2011
156,593 acres · 51 mi away

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