Started on Mar 30, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 4 miles northeast of Broadview, NM
- People working on it
- 11 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- How it's behaving
- ActiveWind Driven Runs — The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.Smoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across private land in Curry County, the Northcutt Fire near Broadview, New Mexico, has been active for 170 days since its start on March 30, 2026. The incident has maintained an average daily growth of approximately two acres per day, ultimately reaching a total size of 300 acres in short grass fuels standing about one foot tall.
Fire behavior has involved active wind-driven runs alongside creeping and smoldering. Despite these conditions, containment efforts led by a Type 5 Incident management team with 11 personnel have successfully brought the fire to 100 percent containment.
This event occurs within a broader national landscape where 3,226,886 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 41 percent below the two-decade average. This contrasts with the region's typical fire season, which generally runs from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in New Mexico for 170 days. In total it burned about 300 acres — around 1.2 km².
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 3,259,929 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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