Wildfires in Colfax County

New Mexico

🔴 5 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Extreme

tomorrow: Extreme · steady

Fires in 2026

16 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

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from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Good

EAQI 13· PM2.5 5.5 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (Colorado) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

Biglow Canyon Active › MAVERICK CREEK Active › Gonzales Active › Rayado Mesa Active › BUHR Active ›

Fire history

Biglow Canyon · Wildfire 05/08/2026 › MAVERICK CREEK · Wildfire 05/08/2026 › UPPER BENCH · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 23 h › Gonzales · Wildfire 03/08/2026 › Sawmill · Wildfire 31/07/2026· 73 h › Apple Tree Road · Wildfire 30/07/2026· 167 h › Drive Out · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 44 h › Spring Canyon · Wildfire 28/07/2026· 21 h › Piper · Wildfire 28/07/2026· 102 h › T O EAST · Wildfire 28/07/2026· 212 h › Rayado Mesa · Wildfire 27/07/2026 › Campos · Wildfire 26/07/2026· 6 h › BUHR · Wildfire 25/07/2026 › INC 542 Sweetwater · Wildfire 25/07/2026· 27 h › TEMPLETON CANYON · Wildfire 23/07/2026· 95 h › Vaca · Wildfire 07/07/2026· 431 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.