Mimms Fire (New Mexico)

Contained · 100% contained · 7,093 acres · started 2026-05-14 · updated 2026-09-04

Mimms Fire (New Mexico) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.

🟢 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: 5 Miles N from House, NM
Cause: Natural
Personnel: 64
Complexity: Type 4 Incident
Fuel: Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
Behavior: Minimal, Running, Long-range Spotting
Jurisdiction: State land

Burning across 7,093 acres of state-managed tall grass standing 2.5 feet high, the Mimms Fire near House, New Mexico, in Quay County has spent 113 days burning with minimal, running, and long-range spotting behavior. The fire expanded at an average daily growth of approximately 63 acres per day following its natural start on May 14, 2026.

Operations for the Type 4 Incident were managed by a Type 4 IC overseeing 64 personnel, successfully bringing the blaze to 100 percent containment at a total cost of $1,500,000.

This event unfolds amid a broader national context where 3,177,542 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 42 percent below the country's two-decade average, arriving ahead of the region's typical fire season running from June to October.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in New Mexico for 113 days. So far it has affected roughly 7,093 acres — about 29 km². The perimeter is 100% contained.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.