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Rio Salado

Sandoval, NM · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1 acres in Sandoval before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1

Acres Burned

57

Days Burning

Sep 14, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Ojito Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

5.5 mi

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Jemez National Recreation Area

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Recreation Area / NM

19.9 mi

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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

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Monument / NM

23.9 mi

E

Dome Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

28.6 mi

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Petroglyph National Monument

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Monument / NM

29.7 mi

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Valles Caldera National Preserve

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NCA / NM

30.6 mi

NE

Bandelier Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NM

31.8 mi

NE

Bandelier National Monument

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Monument / NM

32 mi

NE

Sandia Mountain Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

33.7 mi

SE

Cuba-Rio Puerco Land Utilization Project

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National Forest / NM

34.8 mi

N

Baca Location No. 1 Other

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National Forest / NM

35.9 mi

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San Pedro Parks Wilderness

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Wilderness / NM

38.2 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

RIO SALADO mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 14

Interagency perimeter data shows the RIO SALADO at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 14Now

57 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: 467dab5b-0a0f-4731-a7ac-968792cefa6e

Important

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