Authorities said that despite recent cold, wet weather, a wildfire near Glenwood, New Mexico, remains active. ... and dead vegetation within the 2012 Whitewater Baldy Complex Fire burn scar.

Officials say the fire started around noon on Sunday. It has since grown to 901 acres. "Iron Fire is located within the Whitewater Baldy burn scar and is burning in grass, heavy dead and down fuel ...

In 2012, the Whitewater-Baldy Fire was another nearly 300,000-acre disaster, while the 2011 Las Conchas Fire burned 155,000 acres. These are the largest fires in recorded New Mexico history.

From Sonoran Desert and exotic cactus below to spruce, fir and aspen above, rising to 10,892 feet at the summit of Whitewater Baldy, the Gila River region is rich in biological and cultural diversity.

3. Whitewater-Baldy (Gila National Forest 2012) 297,845 acres. Previously the largest wildfire in New Mexico History, this blaze began when lightning struck near Mogollon Baldy and the headwaters ...

Hikers can now hike up Whitewater Creek Trail to the Gold Dust Trail #810 intersection. NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Gila National Forest has lifted a closure on a portion of the Whitewater Creek ...

The Black Fire has out burned the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire, making it the second largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recent history.

GILA NATIONAL FOREST – The Black Fire has broken another record this fire season and burned more acreage than the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire, making it the second largest wildfire in New Mexico ...

GILA NATIONAL FOREST – The Black Fire has broken another record this fire season and burned more acreage than the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire, making it the second largest wildfire in New Mexico’s ...

The Black Fire is now the second-largest fire in New Mexico history, with 298,440 acres burned, according to the group. Both fires broke the previous record of 297,845 acres from the Whitewater ...