Using cooler temperatures and high overnight humidity, fire crews worked overnight to keep the 500-acre fire south of Forest Road 218B by conducting a burnout operation. Containment remains at 0% and lightning was found to be the cause. Today, crews will continue to work to increase containment before worsening weather occurs over the area in […]

Fast Facts – Size: 500 Acres– Containment: 0%– Personnel & Equipment: 2 Engines, 2 Hand Crews, 1 Air Attack and 1 Helicopter – Location: Jicarilla Ranger District (Google Map link)– Start Date: 08-01-25– Fuels: Piñon-Juniper– Cause: Under Investigation Fire crews continue to work toward suppressing the Middle Mesa Fire, which is east of Navajo Lake […]

A Carson National Forest crew is responding to a new wildfire on the north side of the Jicarilla Ranger District. The Middle Mesa Fire is currently estimated at 3.5 acres and growing at a moderate rate of speed off Forest Road 218B, with some spotting and some torching in piñon-juniper and grass. Currently some smoke […]

After beginning to line the fire last night, fire crews are back in the San Cristobal, N.M., area to increase containment on the Ojitos Fire, which was first reported yesterday. Here’s the latest: This will be the final update unless circumstances change. Check the status on the Current Wildfire Activity alert for containment status and subscribe to […]

Fire crews are currently engaged in suppressing the Ojitos Fire, which is north of Taos, N.M., between the communities of San Cristobal and Lama. Personnel from Carson National Forest and the volunteer fire departments of Lama and San Cristobal are currently on scene with one engine, three brush trucks and two water tenders. The wildfire […]

Fire crews are currently on scene of a wildfire in Taos Canyon. The lightning-caused Gravel Pit Fire was discovered late Friday afternoon south of Las Petacas Campground. Its size is estimated at a little over a tenth-acre. There are no evacuations and no threat to life or property at this time. As crews work to […]

Yesterday afternoon the lightning caused Canon Seco Fire was contained. Initial reports indicated that the fire was approximately 50 acres due to poor visibility in the area during initial response after nightfall. It was later determined to be 13.5 acres after the fire was more accurately scouted. Red River, San Juan fire department, and Ocala […]

Carson National Forest fire crews are on scene of the Canon Seco wildfire. Smoke can be seen near Canon Seco around US HWY 285 with an approximate size around 50 acres. Rough terrain in the area makes it not easily accessible, however three type 6 engines are currently on the scene while starting mop up. […]

Carson National Forest fire crews are on scene of a wildfire west of Vallecitos, N.M., in Rio Arriba County. It’s called the Middle Fork Fire, named after the drainage of the Cañada del Agua near Forest Roads 44 and 106. Estimated at 4 to 5 acres, it’s smoldering and creeping in ponderosa pine. No containment […]

All prescribed fires ignited last fall and winter are now out. Fire crews have been patrolling and monitoring the fires since they were lit between October and January. While no fire or smoke has been seen for months, they used infrared technology, either handheld infrared cameras or uncrewed aerial systems, commonly referred to as drones, […]

Carson National Forest fire crews are on scene of the first wildfire of the season in the forest. The Sandoval Fire, first reported around 3:15 p.m., is located about two miles west of Petaca, N.M., with an estimated size between 2 and 3 acres. The low-intensity fire is burning with a moderate rate of spread […]

Carson National Forest fire crews had a successful day at Hopewell Lake Campground today, quickly treating piles from 25 acres of thinning (see above photo). Crew members will pivot to patrolling and monitoring the project until the fire is called out. With the snow still falling this evening, crew members are planning to begin ignitions […]

Incoming Storms Expected to Deliver Ideal Conditions With winter weather in the forecast, Carson National Forest fire crews are preparing to take advantage of the moisture to resume prescribed fire ignitions. They last conducted operations in November. Fire crews are preparing to begin ignitions at two locations as early as tomorrow (Jan. 29). Highway 150 […]

Piles of slash created from 472 acres of thinning are being treated throughout an area south of Highway 64 between Tres Piedras, NM, and Hopewell Lake. The area has been the focus of a commercial timber sale and forest thinning to reduce stand densities, improve wildlife habitat foraging and to facilitate the reintroduction of fire […]

Fire crews are planning to begin pile burning operations as early as the week of Nov. 18 in and around Hopewell Lake, Tres Piedras, and Canjilon. Willow and Tio North pile burns are expected to begin as early as Tuesday, Nov. 19. Willow is in the vicinity of FR712 and can be seen from Hwy 64, […]

Carson National Forest Forest Service News Release Earl Hidayetoglu 505-901-3454 earl.hidayetoglu@usda.gov fs.usda.gov/carson Highway 150 Piles Enter Monitoring Phase Taos, N.M., November 17, 2024—Fire crews continued ignitions on the Highway 150 Piles Prescribed Fire today. Here’s the latest: Project Background Today’s work is part of the Highway 150 Corridor Wildland Urban Interface Project. Local organizations in […]

Carson National Forest Forest Service News Release Earl Hidayetoglu earl.hidayetoglu@usda.gov 505-901-3454 fs.usda.gov/carson Highway 150 Piles Continue Burning Taos, N.M., November 16, 2024—Fire crews began ignitions on the Highway 150 Piles Prescribed Fire today. Here’s the latest: Project Background Today’s work is part of the Highway 150 Corridor Wildland Urban Interface Project. Local organizations in 2014 […]

Earl Hidayetoglu 505-901-3454 earl.hidayetoglu@usda.gov fs.usda.gov/carson Highway 150 Piles Burn Taos, N.M., November 14, 2024—Fire crews began ignitions on the Highway 150 Piles Prescribed Fire today. Here’s the latest: • Fire crews completed 88 of 300 treated acres in the Highway 150 Piles project area, mostly on the southside of New Mexico Highway 150. • Crewswill […]

Crews Complete Comanche and Bobcat Ranch Pile Burn Fire managers are postponing pile burn operations along and near Highway 150 to this Friday. Meanwhile, crews completed work on the Comanche and Bobcat Ranch pile burn project today. Here’s the latest: Highway 150 Project Background Local organizations in 2014 came together to form the Taos Valley […]

With recent snow, fire crews are planning to begin pile burning operations as early as the week of Nov. 11 in and around Highway 150 and in the Valle Vidal. Highway 150 Pile burning may begin as early as Wednesday, Nov. 13. Piles from 300 acres of thinning are spread along eight miles of the […]