Santa Fe National Forest – 10 Year Fire History

From 2014-2023 — Fires over 1,000 acres

Updated November 23, 2024
Year Name of Fire Total Acres Burned Cause of Ignition
2022
Cerro Pelado Fire
45,605
Escaped pile prescribed burn
2022
Calf Canyon Fire
299,565
Escaped pile prescribed burn
2022
Hermits Peak Fire
41,909
Escaped broadcast prescribed burn
2021
Cuervito Fire
1,621
Lightning
2020
Medio Fire
4,010
Lightning
2019
Cueva Fire
1,176
Lightning
2019
Naranjo Fire
1,010
Lightning
2018
Venado Fire
4,150
Lightning
2017
Cajete Fire
1,412
Human, campfire
2017
Ojitos Fire
3,306
Lightning
2017
Palmer Fire
1,032
Fireworks
2017
Deer Creek Fire
1,022
Lightning
2015
Commissary Fire
2,536
Lightning
2014
Pino Fire
4,313
Lightning
2014
Diego Fire
3,614
Lightning
Acres burned by wildfire ignited by escaped prescribed burns
387,076
Acres burned from all other causes
29,202

Total acres burned

416,278

Notes–

1) This chart originally included the decade from 2013-2022. In order to keep it up-to-date, it was changed to 2014-2023. This greatly affected the totals however, and decreased the total for acres burned by all other causes than ignitions by the US Forest Service.

2) This chart only considers actual acres burned. It does not take into account any differences in the time required for the Forest Service to suppress fires due to the nature of differing fire ignitions. For example, it’s possible that a lightening strike fire could be suppressed more quickly than an escaped broadcast prescribed burn.

The Forest Advocate
Santa Fe, New Mexico