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Frijoles Fire

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High significance Active 45% contained Santa Fe, NM · Last updated · source: NASA EONET

The Frijoles fire began in the Santa Fe area and is uncontained as of the report date. Homes in the region face the immediate threat of fire damage.

Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.

Type
Wildfires
Official size
15,226 acres
Containment
45%
Cause
Natural
Began
Status
Ongoing

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Affected area map

The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Santa Fe, New Mexico), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.

Interactive affected-area map

Santa Fe, New Mexico · ≈ 24 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.

View the timeline — how the reported area changed

Official size & containment

Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.

  1. 15,226 acres ±0 45% contained
  2. 15,226 acres +6 45% contained
  3. 15,220 acres +12 42% contained
  4. 15,208 acres +22 38% contained
  5. 15,186 acres +2,066 38% contained
  6. 13,120 acres ±0 31% contained
  7. 13,120 acres +233 31% contained
  8. 12,887 acres +1,552 13% contained
Show 11 earlier observations
  1. 11,335 acres ±0 9% contained
  2. 11,335 acres +1,997 9% contained
  3. 9,338 acres +417 12% contained
  4. 8,921 acres +724 0% contained
  5. 8,197 acres ±0 0% contained
  6. 8,197 acres +403 0% contained
  7. 7,794 acres +1,580 1% contained
  8. 6,214 acres +2,055 0% contained
  9. 4,159 acres ±0 0% contained
  10. 4,159 acres +1,159 0% contained
  11. 3,000 acres 0% contained

Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.

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Latest updates

Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.

  1. Incident update InciWeb

    Frijoles Fire

    The Frijoles Fire, which started August 4th due to a lightning strike, is burning in steep terrain 5 miles west of Sierra Mosca, 3 miles southeast of Cundiyo, NM. Firefighter and public safety are the number 1 objective and the fire is being handled as a full suppression incident.In order to facilitate safe and efficient suppression efforts the public is asked to avoid the area of the fire and the Santa Cruz Overlook Rd and Campground.Aviation operations in support of suppression efforts are occurring at Nambe Lake and Santa Cruz Lake. Please be aware of your surroundings while recreating in the area and keep a safe distance from locations that aviation assets are operating in.

    Read the full update at InciWeb ↗

Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.

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