Frijoles Fire (NM)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 3 Miles E from Cundiyo, NM
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 68
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Flanking, Backing
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across the timber, grass, and understory of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the active Frijoles Fire has consumed 500 acres at a rate averaging approximately 167 acres per day over three days of burning. Located three miles east of Cundiyo, the wildfire exhibits active, flanking, and backing behavior while satellites pick up three heat signatures nearby over the last 48 hours. A Type 3 Team with 68 personnel from the USFS is managing the incident on federal land, which has reached a cost of $4,000,000 with zero containment achieved so far.
The naturally caused blaze unfolds within a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October. This local activity occurs against a broader national backdrop where 2,664,784 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 51% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in New Mexico for 3 days. So far it has affected roughly 500 acres — about 2.0 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 2,702,782 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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