2022 New Mexico wildfires

The 2022 New Mexico wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires burning throughout the U.S. state of New Mexico.

2022 New Mexico wildfires
Statistics
Total area257,061 acres (104,029 ha)[1]
CostUnknown
Season
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In late April 2022, severe drought and high winds caused an outbreak of wildfires throughout the state of New Mexico, resulting in widespread evacuations and an emergency declaration.[2] Hundreds of structures have been destroyed.[3]

These fires are part of a larger outbreak throughout the Southwestern United States.[4]

List of wildfires

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

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Highway 380 Fire Lea17,658March 29, 2022March 30, 2022Caused by powerlines[5][6]
Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire San Miguel, Mora120,653April 6, 202220% containedThe Hermits Peak Fire started April 06 as an escaped prescribed burn. The Calf Canyon Fire started April 19. The two fires burned together on April 22nd during extreme fire weather conditions and are now managed as a single incident.[7][8]
Overflow Fire Chaves1,900April 7, 2022April 13, 2022Prescribed burn that escaped control[9]
McBride Fire Lincoln6,159April 12, 202295% containedKilled 2 people and destroyed 207 structures. Cause under investigation[10]
Cooks Peak Fire Mora, Colfax59,065April 17, 202269% containedHuman caused[11]
Cerro Pelado Fire Sandoval22,314April 22, 202210% containedCause under investigation[12][13]
Mitchell Fire Harding25,000April 22, 2022April 29, 2022Cause under investigation[14]
Campbell Road Fire Union2,000April 22, 2022April 30, 2022Cause under investigation[15]
380 Friday Fire Lea~1,000April 22, 2022April 22, 2022Cause under investigation[16][17]
Skiles 429 Fire Union1,312April 29, 202290% containedCause under investigation[18]
Bear Trap Fire Socorro1,209May 1, 20220% containedCause under investigation[19][20]

References
  1. Garrett, Monica (2022-04-27). "It is only April, and New Mexico has already seen a year's worth of fire activity that will worsen starting today". CNN. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. Press, The Associated (2022-04-24). "Destructive wildfires in New Mexico trigger emergency declaration". NPR. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. agencies, Staff and (2022-04-24). "One dead and thousands forced to flee as wildfires sweep across US". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. Jiménez, Jesus; Eltohamy, Farah (2022-04-24). "Wildfires Burn More Than 150,000 Acres in Three States". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. WMason (2022-03-30). "Highway 380 Fire – Lea County – March 30, 2022". NM Fire Info. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  6. "Lea County Office of Emergency Management and Environmental on Facebook". Facebook. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. "Inciweb - Calf Canyon Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. "Inciweb - Hermits Peak Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. "Inciweb - Overflow Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. "Inciweb - McBride Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. "Inciweb - Cooks Peak". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  12. "Inciweb - Cerro Pelado Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  13. SFNFPIO (2022-05-02). "Cerro Pelado Fire Update". NM Fire Info. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  14. "Inciweb - Mitchell Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  15. "Inciweb - Campbell Road Fire". Inciweb - Incident Information System. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  16. WMason (2022-04-23). "380 Friday Fire – New Start Lea County -April 22, 2022". NM Fire Info. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  17. "Lea County Office of Emergency Management & Environmental on Facebook". Facebook. April 23, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  18. WMason (2022-05-02). "Skiles 429 Fire – Union County – May 2, 2022 FINAL". NM Fire Info. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  19. cibolanfng (2022-05-03). "Bear Trap Fire – May 2nd Evening UPDATE". NM Fire Info. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  20. "Bear Trap Fire - Magdalena Ranger Distri Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". inciweb.nwcg.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
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