Santa Fe National Forest Prescribed Pile Burn Update Ignitions begin Wednesday January 8 on the Hill Pile Burn unit in the Jemez Ranger District On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, fire managers from the Jemez Ranger District will begin ignitions on 7-acres of the Hill Pile Burn unit. The project is located along Forest Road 376 […]

Ignitions begin Tuesday November 19 on the Lino Pile Burn unit in Coyote Ranger District Santa Fe, N.M., November 18, 2024 — On Tuesday, November 19, fire managers from the Coyote Ranger District will begin ignitions on the 99-acre Lino Pile Burn unit. The project is located adjacent to Forest Road 461KA, a spur road […]

Ignitions complete on pile burns in Jemez and Coyote Ranger Districts On Saturday, fire managers from the Jemez Ranger District completed the 43-acre Triangle pile burn project. This project is located near the community of La Cueva, adjacent to Forest Road 376 and Forest Road 604. Meanwhile, fire managers from the Coyote Ranger District finished […]

Ignitions begin in Española Ranger District Friday November 15 Fire managers have decided to postpone the Seven Springs prescribed pile burn project in the Jemez Ranger District and will shift resources to the 43-acre Triangle prescribed pile burn unit located near the community of La Cueva, adjacent to Forest Road 376 and Forest Road 604. […]

Ignitions begin this week in the Cuba, Jemez, and Española Ranger Districts Prescribed pile burn ignitions will begin tomorrow, Thursday, November 14, in the Jemez and Cuba Ranger Districts, and on Friday, November 15, in the Española Ranger District. Pile burning is meant to treat slash, like branches, piled by thinning crews with the aim […]

Fire managers from the Cuba Ranger District plan to begin ignitions on the 864-acre Sanchez prescribed fire and the 591-acre Golondrino Mesa prescribed fire as early as November 7, 2024. The project areas are located approximately eight miles northeast of Llaves, N.M. and are adjacent to the Rio Chama Wilderness. Both the Sanchez and Golondrino […]

Porter Wildfire located in the Jemez Ranger District Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers were notified of a new wildfire start, named the Porter Wildfire, located six miles northwest of the Village of Jemez Springs and approximately five miles southwest of Fenton Lake, the morning of Monday October 7, 2024. Resources were on scene […]

Fire managers are planning to conduct the Cat Mesa prescribed fire in late October Fire managers from the Jemez Ranger District plan to begin ignitions on the 582-acre Cat Mesa prescribed fire project as early as October 20, 2024. The project area is east of Forest Road 135 approximately 1.5 miles east of the Village […]

September 30, 2024 Location: Located in the Jemez Ranger District, the project area is located approximately 6 miles west of Jemez Springs and 3 miles south of Rancho de Chaparral Girl Scout Camp. Prescribed fire start date: Ignitions began Thursday September 26 and continued through Saturday September 28. Size: 1,701-acre project area Completion: On Saturday, […]

Saturday, September 28, 2024 Location: Located in the Jemez Ranger District, the project area is located approximately 6 miles west of Jemez Springs and 3 miles south of Rancho de Chaparral Girl Scout Camp. Prescribed fire start date: Ignitions began Thursday September 26 and are planned to continue through Saturday September 28. Size: 1,701-acre project […]

Fire managers from the Santa Fe National Forest began ignitions on the 1,701-acre North Joaquin prescribed fire project on Thursday September 26 and completed 700 acres by the end of the day. Ignitions will continue through Saturday, then fire crews will transition into a strategy of securing and holding the fire within control lines and […]

Jemez Ranger District tentatively plans to implement the North Joaquin prescribed fire Thursday, September 26 Santa Fe, N.M., September 25, 2024— Taking advantage of fall weather, fire managers from the Santa Fe National Forest will begin implementing fall prescribed fire projects in the next few months. Jemez Ranger District plans to begin ignitions on the […]

Santa Fe, N.M., September 13, 2024— Fire Managers from the Española Ranger District are preparing and planning for multiple prescribed fire projects tentatively planned for fall and winter. A final decision to proceed with a prescribed fire on the SFNF depends on agency administrator approval, resource availability, and favorable conditions including fuel moisture levels, air […]

Jemez Ranger District tentatively plans to implement the North Joaquin prescribed fire mid-September Santa Fe, N.M., September 9, 2024— Fire managers from the Jemez Ranger District plan to begin ignitions on the 1,701-acre North Joaquin prescribed fire project as early as mid-September. The project area is located approximately 6 miles west of Jemez Springs and […]

Friday, July 26, 2024 Location: Northwest corner of the Santa Fe National Forest in the Cuba Ranger District, approximately 27 miles north of Cuba, NM. Start Date: July 18, 2024 Size: 2,745 acres with a planned perimeter of 7,000 acres Percent completed: 35 % Cause: Lightning Vegetation: The wildfire is burning in ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, […]

The lightning caused Tanques Wildfire, located in the northwest corner of the Cuba Ranger District, around 25 miles north of Cuba, NM, was first reported the morning of July 18. Currently, the fire is 13 acres, burning in ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, and oak. Santa Fe National Forest will manage the fire as a Type 3 […]

Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers are managing wildfires in the Coyote, Jemez, and Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger Districts.  According to Richard Naden, Meteorologist for the Southwest Coordination Center (SWCC), “What is occurring recently is pretty much the summer monsoonal pattern. But it has been slightly drier the past few days with less wetting rainfall […]

Alamo Springs Wildfire located in Jemez Ranger District Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers were notified of a new wildfire start, named the Alamo Springs Wildfire, located in the Jemez Ranger District, west of State Highway 4 and north of Rincon Fishing Site on Forest Service land, the morning of Thursday July 11, 2024. […]

Saturday June 15, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. Location: Santa Fe National Forest – Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District – SE of Thompson Peak on La Cueva Ridge Cause: Lightning Smoke: Smoke may be visible in Glorieta N.M. looking north from I-25 Size: 1 acre Fire resources: 2 engines, 1 Helicopter Crews completed saw and hand line […]