2024 New Mexico wildfires

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2024 New Mexico wildfires
Impacts
Deaths2
Structures destroyed900+ damaged or destroyed
Season
  2023

The 2024 New Mexico wildfire season is an ongoing series of notable wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

NameCountyAcresStart dateContainment dateNotesRef
Blue 2 Lincoln 7,532May 17
92% contained
Fire caused by lightning on Lincoln National Forest. [1] [2]
Indios Rio Arriba 11,500May 19
90% contained
Fire caused by lightning on Santa Fe National Forest and managed for ecological benefit. [3] [4]
Antone Catron 12,455June 7
91% contained
Fire caused by lightning on Gila National Forest and managed for ecological benefit, [5] [6]
Encerrita Cibola 1,541June 15
0% contained
Fire was caused by lightning on El Malpais National Monument territory. [7] [8]
South Fork Otero & Lincoln 16,335June 17
0% contained
A mandatory evacuation order was issued for all of Ruidoso. Approximately 500 structures were impacted, and two fatalities were reported. [9] [10]
Salt Otero7,071June 17
0% contained
Evacuations were prompted in the Mescalero Apache Reservation, and for the village of Ruidoso Downs on 18 June 2024. Over 400 structures were damaged or destroyed. [11]

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