Johnson Fire (NM)
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🟤 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
- 39 Miles NW from Mimbres, NM
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 2
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Behavior
- Moderate, Creeping, Smoldering, Backing
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning for 13 days across Catron County, New Mexico, the active Johnson Fire continues to progress through hardwood litter with an average daily growth of approximately 25 acres per day, now totaling 330 acres 39 miles northwest of Mimbres. The natural-caused fire currently shows zero containment under the management of a Type 4 Incident Command and two personnel, operating as a Type 4 Incident with a recorded cost of $29,878.74 on federal land overseen by the USFS.
Fire behavior on the landscape is characterized by moderate, creeping, smoldering, and backing activity. This incident occurs within a regional fire season that typically spans from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 2,702,782 hectares burned so far in 2026, which remains 51% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in New Mexico for 13 days. So far it has affected roughly 330 acres — about 1.3 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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