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Fires Near Las Cruces, NM

Live wildfire tracking around Las Cruces: 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 Las Cruces, NM

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 9 active fires within 300 miles of Las Cruces, NM. None are inside Las Cruces city limits. The most significant is the Brantley 2 fire, 143 miles away at 712 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Las Cruces, NM in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Solano Drive monitor is good (AQI 36).

House pin: Las Cruces, NM. Bold outline: Las Cruces 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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1,254 acres
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2,094 acres

This season vs the last decade

<1% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)572 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Las Cruces, <1% of the 572 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 Las Cruces, NM

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Las Cruces

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

  1. Brantley 2 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    13 days ago · October 28, 2026

  2. Whiskey Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026

  3. Whiskey Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    32 days ago · October 9, 2026

  4. Mccauley Springs Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    35 days ago · October 6, 2026

  5. Whiskey Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (T883)

    40 days ago · October 1, 2026

  6. Whiskey Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    50 days ago · September 21, 2026

  7. Whiskey Fire · Grew 105 acres in 10 hours to 537 acres

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026

  8. Whiskey Fire · Mapped size revised down to 432 acres (from 542)

    56 days ago · September 15, 2026

  9. Whiskey Fire · Containment rose to 48%

    57 days ago · September 14, 2026

  10. Whiskey Fire · Grew 83 acres in 24 hours to 542 acres

    57 days ago · September 14, 2026

Historic fires near Las Cruces

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2022
325,136 acres · 97 mi away

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