M Mountain
Socorro, NM · Natural
This fire is no longer active. It burned 40 acres in Socorro before dropping off the national incident feed.
40
Acres Burned
98
Days Burning
Aug 5, 2026
Discovered
2mo ago
Last Update
Growth
No growth in the last day, containment at 0%Public Lands Nearby
12 public land units within 75 miles
Chupadera Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NM
15.5 mi
S
Indian Well Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NM
18.7 mi
S
Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / NM
18.9 mi
S
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / NM
20.5 mi
NE
San Pasqual Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NM
20.6 mi
SE
Withington Wilderness
GoWilderness / NM
29.4 mi
SW
Apache Kid Wilderness
GoWilderness / NM
38.7 mi
SW
Cibola National Forest
GoNational Forest / NM
41 mi
NW
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
GoMonument / NM
49.5 mi
NE
Manzano Mountain Wilderness
GoWilderness / NM
53.2 mi
NE
Valle De Oro National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / NM
65.9 mi
N
Cebolla Wilderness Area
GoWilderness / NM
69.5 mi
NW
Situation Updates
Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Timeline
98 days since discovery
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Data Sources
Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.
IRWIN ID: c8644cf8-4897-45b7-8bad-c9a600144253
Important
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