Always check before you go. Fire restrictions and forest closures in New Mexico can change quickly — sometimes overnight during fire season. The map and links below pull from official agency sources and reflect current conditions. When in doubt, call the hotline at the bottom of this page.
Live Restrictions Map
New Mexico National Forests
Southwest Area Fire Restrictions Dashboard
Data provided by the Southwest Coordinating Group & USFS. Open full map ↗
Alerts & Closures by Forest
Carson National Forest
Taos, Rio Arriba, Mora, Colfax counties
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Cibola National Forest
Central NM including Sandias & Manzanos
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Gila National Forest
Southwest NM — Grant, Catron, Sierra counties
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Lincoln National Forest
South-central NM — Sacramento Mountains
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Santa Fe National Forest
North-central NM — Jemez & Sangre de Cristos
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BLM New Mexico
All BLM-managed lands statewide
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Fire Information & Active Incidents
- NMFireInfo.com — Fire Restrictions New Mexico’s interagency fire information hub. Updated regularly during fire season with statewide restriction status.
- InciWeb — Active Incident Information Official national database of active wildfires, closures, and incident updates across all agencies.
- NM EMNRD — State Fire Restrictions State Forestry Division restrictions for non-federal lands in New Mexico.