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Rayado Mesa

Colfax, NM · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 934 acres in Colfax before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

934

Acres Burned

106

Days Burning

Jul 27, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 27 / 300 acresOct 1 / 934 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

22.5 mi

NE

Fort Union National Monument

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Monument / NM

30.4 mi

S

Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Area

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

35.5 mi

S

Carson Other

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National Forest / NM

36.6 mi

NW

Wheeler Peak Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

36.8 mi

NW

Columbine-Hondo Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

41.9 mi

NW

Latir Peak Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

47.8 mi

NW

Sabinoso Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

51.8 mi

S

Pecos Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

53.4 mi

SW

Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NM

57.6 mi

S

Capulin Volcano National MonumentClosures in effect

Closed

Monument / NM

58.1 mi

NE

Kiowa National Grassland

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National Grassland / NM

61.1 mi

E

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Capulin Volcano National Monument

Volcano Top Access Closed to Vehicles over 26 feet long and to all Trailers

The Volcano top access is closed to all RVs, buses, attached pull trailers, or any other vehicle over 26 feet in length due to public safety concerns and limited parking.  Trailer drop-off and RV/bus parking are available at the visitor cen...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 81% to 90%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 81% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 5

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 82% to 81%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 82% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 80% to 82%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 91% to 80%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 91% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 65% to 91%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 75% to 65%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 31% to 75%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 31% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa containment moved from 30% to 31%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 934 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa grew 534 acres to 934 and containment moved from 0% to 30%.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa update: 400 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rayado Mesa grew 100 acres to 400.

IRWIN

Rayado Mesa mapped at 300 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Rayado Mesa at 300 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 27Now

106 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: 2df78dfc-471e-4d8d-9e21-f4309881a09e

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