New Mexico

Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 11, 2025

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8 months ago

July 12, 2025

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Laguna Wildfire Daily Update – July 11, 2025

Andrew Nordquist – Incident Commander

Acres: 11,634

Start Date: 6/25/2025

Completion: 87 %

Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness.

Personnel: 158

Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper

Resources: 3 hotshot crews, 1 Type 2 Initial Attack crew, 2 suppression modules, 5 engines, 3 water tenders (2 support; 1 tactical).

Highlights: Fire crews conducted mop-up operations while interior pockets of vegetation continued to burn. Mop-up involves extinguishing or removing burning material along or near the control line, felling snags, or moving logs so they won’t roll downhill.

This evening, a spot fire was discovered outside the containment lines near Laguna Peak. Fire crews are actively engaged in full suppression efforts using hotshot crews, engines, and helicopters to drop water.

Smoke: Light winds today were slow to clear smoke, resulting in hazy conditions and MODERATE air quality across northern New Mexico. Smoke from the fire traveled east this afternoon with impacts in communities along the Rio Chama including Abiquiu and the Espanola Valley briefly reaching UNHEALTHY FOR SENITIVE GROUPS levels. Tonight, a weak front pushes in from the east and winds will pick up overnight bringing in moist air from the east. This moisture will help thunderstorms over the weekend that will help to improve air quality, but hazy conditions will persist. Tonight, the greatest impacts will be in communities along the Rio Chama near the fire. However, smoke from fires in Arizona and Colorado may also be adding smoke into New Mexico. Overall, air quality is expected to stay in the GOOD to MODERATE levels this weekend with hazy skies.

Weather: Winds from the west and northwest this evening will taper off after sunset, leading to light winds overnight.Smoke will likely drain south into the upper Rio Grande Valley reaching as far south as Santa Fe.

Tomorrow, expectanother very warm to hot day with dry westerly breezes developing during the afternoon hours. This will help to transport the smoke plume east over the upper Rio Grande Valley and northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Winds will lighten after sunset switching to east-southeast overnight. These southeast winds will increase surface moisture at the fire location resulting in scattered shower and storm development during the afternoon and evening hours both days this weekend.

Safety: The health and safety of firefighters and the public are always the highest priority. Please avoid the area while crews manage the Laguna Wildfire. Drones and firefighting aircraft are a dangerous mix and could lead to accidents or slow down wildfire operations. If you fly, we can’t.   

Closures: : Closure Order 03-10-01-25-09 is in place and includes all National Forest System lands, roads, and trails within Township 24N Range 1E Sections 1,2,11,12,13,14,23,24,25,26 and Township 24N Range 2E Sections 4-9 and Sections14-32 and Township 25N Range 1E Sections 25,35,36 and Township 25N Range 2E Sections 30-32 of the New Mexico Principal Meridian within the Coyote Ranger District. The purpose of this Order is to protect the public’s health and safety during firefighting operations for the Laguna Wildfire. See attached map for the closure area.

About the Forest Service: The USDA Forest Service has for more than 100 years brought people and communities together to answer the call of conservation. Grounded in world-class science and technology– and rooted in communities–the Forest Service connects people to nature and to each other. The Forest Service cares for shared natural resources in ways that promote lasting economic, ecological, and social vitality. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, maintains the largest wildland fire and forestry research organizations in the world. The Forest Service also has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 900 million forested acres within the U.S., of which over 130 million acres are urban forests where most Americans live.

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New Mexico

New Mexico veteran cemetery coming to Carlsbad via $8M in federal funds – Carlsbad Current-Argus

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10 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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New Mexico veteran cemetery coming to Carlsbad via M in federal funds – Carlsbad Current-Argus

Mack Dyer salutes the American Flag during a ceremony, Feb. 25, 2026 at the American Legion in Carlsbad. Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current-Argus

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New Mexico spoils Nevada’s Senior Day as Lobos leave Reno with 63-56 win

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22 hours ago

March 1, 2026

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New Mexico spoils Nevada’s Senior Day as Lobos leave Reno with 63-56 win

The Nevada women’s basketball team dropped its final home contest of the 2025-26 season on Saturday with New Mexico spoiling Senior Day and pushing past the Wolf Pack for a 63-56 win.

The Wolf Pack led 36-34 at halftime behind a hot-shooting start. Skylar Durley, Imbie Jones and Ahrray Young each had six points as Nevada shot 14-of-25 from the field (56%). But things cooled off in the second half, with the Lobos outscoring the Wolf Pack 19-13 in the third quarter to take a four-point lead into the fourth. Nevada’s shooting woes only worsened in the final period when it made just three field goals, including none in the final four minutes.

Durley led Nevada with 16 points and six rebounds. Young finished with 10 points, three rebounds and three assists. The Wolf Pack made just one three-pointer out of its nine attempts.

The loss drops Nevada to 9-20 overall, 5-14 within the Mountain West Conference. The Wolf Pack now heads to Utah State for Tuesday’s regular-season finale before opening the Mountain West Tournament play next Saturday in Las Vegas.

Watch our coverage of the game below.

Highlights and reaction from Nevada’s loss to New Mexico.

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