as of March 4 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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March 28, 2025
26 large uncontained fires are currently being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide, with 22 located in the southern geographic area, three in the eastern geographic area, and one in the Rocky Mountain geographic area. Evacuations are in effect on the Table Rock Complex in South Carolina and the Black Cove and Deep Woods Fires in North Carolina. The Fernadez Fire in Florida is currently the only large incident nationally being managed under a strategy other than full suppression.
In 2025 thus far, 14,849 wildfires have burned 707,228 acres across the United States. This is well above the 10-year averages of 8,773 wildfires and 617,931 acres.
The 2025 core component module package for RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR), is now available! This week, we're highlighting the Bench Lake Fire case study, which examines the successful response to wildfire threatening many values in and around the town of Stanley, Idaho in 2024.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been issued for the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Foothills, which includes portions of eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, northwest South Carolina, and western North Carolina. This area has experienced unusually low relative humidity, resulting in critical fuel moisture levels; even the greening live fuels are burning aggressively with just a small amount of preheating. In addition, the area has high concentrations of larger fuels left by Hurricane Helene last year, which continue to dry aggressively. This new advisory and other current advisories can be found on the NICC Fuels and Fire Danger webpage.
The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook is available for the period of March through June 2025. Significant wildfire potential will be seen throughout most of Texas and parts of New Mexico and Arizona, and several southeastern states through March and into April.
The 2025 national fire year themes focus on keeping firefighters, support personnel, and the public safe, working together to fight wildfires, using new technology, understanding how homes and wildfires are connected, reducing smoke impacts, and being responsible when enjoying public lands.
Breezy and dry southwesterly winds of 10-20 mph gusting to 30 mph amid relative humidity of 15-30% will develop on the eastern slopes of the southern Appalachians to the Piedmont tomorrow, while dry conditions continue across the rest of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Easterly winds are expected to increase across Florida to 15-20 mph tomorrow, as well. Breezy south to southwest winds are also likely to continue on the Plains into the Mid-Mississippi Valley, but minimum relative humidity is likely to remain above 20%, except across eastern Colorado where 7-15% is forecast. Farther west, breezy westerly winds are forecast across the Southwest where temperatures will remain above normal, and minimum relative humidity will fall to 5-20%. The lowest humidity is expected across southeast Arizona into southern and eastern New Mexico where elevated to locally critical conditions are forecast. In the rest of the West, breezy southwest winds will continue in the Great Basin, but temperatures will be cooler along with increased humidity. Precipitation will continue in northern California and the Northwest, mainly west of the Cascades, with light precipitation into the northern Rockies. Mainly dry conditions are expected in Alaska except for isolated snow showers in far western Alaska, while light to moderate trade winds continue in Hawai’i with isolated windward showers.
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Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
3 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies | 10 | |
| Acres from all active fires | 14,705 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
| 2025 (1/1/25-3/28/25) | Fires: 14,849 | Acres: 707,228 |
| 2024 (1/1/24-3/28/24) | Fires: 5,351 | Acres: 1,662,718 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-3/28/23) | Fires: 7,613 | Acres: 111,310 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-3/28/22) | Fires: 14,781 | Acres: 517,839 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-3/28/21) | Fires: 9,579 | Acres: 255,177 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-3/28/20) | Fires: 6,124 | Acres: 126,892 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-3/28/19) | Fires: 5,056 | Acres: 116,196 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-3/28/18) | Fires: 10,902 | Acres: 430,947 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-3/28/17) | Fires: 12,947 | Acres: 2,158,298 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-3/28/16) | Fires: 8,673 | Acres: 708,505 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-3/28/15) | Fires: 9,023 | Acres: 152,775 |
| 2015-2024 | Fires: 8,773 | Acres: 617,931 |
Florida
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernadez | Florida Forest Service | ST | 568 | 55 | Four miles northeast of Lake Kathryn, FL | |
| * West Canaveral | Florida Forest Service | ST | 900 | 40 | Two miles west of Canaveral Groves, FL | |
| CR832 | Florida Forest Service | ST | 550 | 100 | Twelve miles southeast of Port LaBelle, FL |
Georgia
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ridge | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | USFS | 2,390 | 0 | 8 Miles from Clayton GA | 770-530-3950 |
| * Ga 57 | Georgia Forestry Commission | ST | 181 | 95 | Nine miles northwest of Swainsboro, GA |
Kansas
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historia | Grant County | CNTY | 1,500 | 90 | One mile east of Ulysses, KS | |
| North | Grant County | CNTY | 439 | 90 | Six miles northeast of Ulysses, KS |
Kentucky
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Regina | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST | 105 | 50 | Started on private land three miles north of Elkhorn City, KY |
North Carolina
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cove | North Carolina Forest Service | ST | 3,500 | 35 | Five miles northeast of Saluda, NC | |
| Deep Woods | North Carolina Forest Service | ST | 3,970 | 32 | Four miles northeast of Saluda, NC | |
| Fish Hook | North Carolina Forest Service | ST | 199 | 100 | Five miles northeast of Saluda, NC |
Oklahoma
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill Road | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 1,152 | 80 | Eight miles southeast of McAlester, OK | |
| Salt Creek | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 1,657 | 100 | Thirteen miles northeast of Sallisaw, OK |
