Six Mile Fire (NM)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 12 Miles SE from Magdalena, NM
- Personnel
- 5
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Single Tree Torching
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across a span of 341 acres in Socorro County, New Mexico, the Six Mile Fire near Magdalena has reached full containment after an 88-day campaign managed by the USFS under a Type 3 Incident command. Averaging a steady expansion of approximately 4 acres per day, the federal incident relied on 5 personnel and an Area Command structure to suppress the blaze, accumulating total suppression costs of $3,847,500.
Fire behavior at the site has reduced to minimal, smoldering conditions with occasional single tree torching within 2-foot brush fuels. The operation took place against a broader national backdrop in 2026, where 2,572,960 hectares have burned across the country, marking a total that sits 53% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in New Mexico for 89 days. In total it burned about 341 acres — around 1.4 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 2,702,782 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 51% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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