Active wildfires and prescribed burns near Taos right now, from the national incident map — with the alert channels that matter in an evacuation.
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The Carson National Forest went to Stage 1 fire restrictions on April 24, 2026 — earlier than usual: campfires only inside Forest Service-provided fire structures at developed recreation sites, and smoking only in enclosed vehicles, buildings, developed sites, or a cleared three-foot circle. Stages can rise mid-season; the Carson NF link below is the authority. (Checked June 12, 2026.)
Land agencies set fires deliberately in cooler, wetter windows to thin the fuel a wildfire would feed on. They put real smoke in the air. This page lists them in their own section, separately from wildfires — a planned burn, not a wildfire.
The 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fire — the largest in New Mexico history — burned one county south of here. It reset how the whole region reads a smoke column, and it is why this page exists.
Kit Carson Electric runs a wildfire-mitigation program that can shut off power deliberately during extreme wind and fire weather. If the lights go out on a windy spring day, check the co-op's updates before assuming the worst.
April through June — dry ground, hard southwest winds — is when the danger peaks. The July–August monsoon usually eases it. Drought years stretch the season at both ends.