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2025 County Report

Fires in De Baca County, NM

In 2025, fire departments serving De Baca County responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

1,285 residents FIPS 35011 12 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
33
282 across 5 years
Building fires
0
16 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 85% of all calls.

33
Total Incidents
Grass fire 12 36.4%
Prescribed fire 9 27.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 4 12.1%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 2 6.1%
Fire, other 1 3.0%
All other categories 5 15.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in De Baca County?

Feb peaks. Apr dips.

Jan 5
Feb 17
Mar 7
Apr 0
May 2
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in De Baca County

282 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 76
2022 65
2023 56
2024 52
2025 33
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
67%
2
Cause undetermined
33%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How De Baca County compares

De Baca County vs NM vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

25.68
Incidents per 1,000 residents
De Baca County
25.68
NM avg
11.48
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
De Baca County
0
NM avg
0.72
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
De Baca County
0
NM avg
13.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in De Baca County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 35011.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NM

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Hermits Peak 2022 USFS 341,734
2 Black 2022 USFS 325,135
3 Calf Canyon 2022 USFS 299,792
4 Las Conchas 2011 NPS 156,989
5 Donaldson 2011 USFS 96,129
6 Johnson 2021 USFS 94,786
7 Miller 2011 USFS 88,880
8 Miller 2011 NPS 88,817
9 Ponil 2002 USFS 86,557
10 Pass 2023 USFS 59,934

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.