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National Preparedness Level 4

as of July 12 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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July 13, 2025

The National Preparedness Level remains at 4, signaling high fire activity and significant demand for firefighting resources across the country. As of today, 7 new large wildfires have been reported. Firefighters are working to contain 36 uncontained large fires, while an additional 69 are being managed under strategies tailored to management goals. More than 14,200 wildland firefighters and support personnel, including 374 crews, 628 engines, and 127 helicopters, are assigned to fires across the nation.

The Great Basin continues to be a focal point. A new Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory has been issued for northwest Nevada, highlighting critically dry live fuels and unusually high fine fuel loading from prolific grass growth earlier this year. These conditions mirror those seen in years when very large fires occurred. Fires in the region are already burning more aggressively than normal for mid-July. View the full advisory here: Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory – Northwest Nevada

This makes three active fuels advisories in the Great Basin, covering northwest Nevada, east-central Nevada, and southwest Utah. As these regions brace for continued activity, the outlook points to increasing risk for rapid fire spread.

As more people head outdoors, remember: it takes all of us to protect public lands and each other. Whether you're camping, driving, or using equipment, follow local fire restrictions, stay on designated roads, and make sure campfires are cool to the touch before walking away. A small spark can lead to a fast-moving fire, especially in places where fuels are dry and winds are high.

2025 National Fire Year Themes remind us of the power of partnership, responsibility, and respect. Let’s keep doing our part to prevent human-caused wildfires and support those on the line.

Weather

Above normal temperatures will continue across the West amid minimum relative humidity of 5-20%, with the greatest anomalies of 10-15°F above normal in California and the Northwest. Breezy westerly winds 12-25 mph with gusts 25-40 mph will create elevated to locally critical conditions in the Cascade Gaps and Columbia Basin. Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will develop near and east of the Divide in Colorado and New Mexico, then westward along the Mogollon Rim. Very isolated dry thunderstorms are possible in far northeast California and south-central Oregon late this afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, a few severe, will develop along and ahead of a cold front from the southern Plains northeast through the Ohio Valley into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. A drier day is expected in the Southeast with fewer thunderstorms, except across Florida where thunderstorms will remain scattered. Warm and dry conditions will continue in Interior Alaska, with minimum relative humidity of 25-35% amid widespread temperatures in the 70s. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in portions of the western Interior into the Alaska Range. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response 
* New fires are identified with an asterisk
7 States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires  95
Acres from all active large fires 913,441
Fires contained 0
Year-to-date statistics
2025 (1/1/25-7/13/25) Fires: 37,483 Acres: 2,454,480
2024 (1/1/24-7/13/24) Fires: 18,334 Acres: 3,065,455
2023 (1/1/23-7/13/23) Fires: 26,625 Acres: 749,994
2022 (1/1/22-7/13/22) Fires: 36,401 Acres: 5,172,009
2021 (1/1/21-7/13/21) Fires: 33,953 Acres: 2,061,054
2020 (1/1/20-7/13/20) Fires: 27,770 Acres: 1,687,412
2019 (1/1/19-7/13/19) Fires: 22,327 Acres: 2,057,236
2018 (1/1/18-7/13/18) Fires: 32,957 Acres: 3,321,999
2017 (1/1/17-7/13/17) Fires: 33,920 Acres: 3,981,431
2016 (1/1/16-7/13/16) Fires: 28,992 Acres: 2,404,740
2015 (1/1/15-7/13/15) Fires: 31,469 Acres: 4,929,076
10-year average Year-to-Date
2015-2024 Fires: 29,628 Acres: 2,885,221
Current Wildfires
Fires: 56
Acres: 608,343
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Aggie Creek Fairbanks Area ST 35,058 2 23 Miles NW of Fairbanks, AK 907-921-7881
Anguitakada Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,202 0    
Bear Creek Fairbanks Area ST 30,988 23 14 Miles NW of Healy, Alaska 907-318-2018
Bonnifield Creek Fairbanks Area ST 16,219 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK  
Boulder Creek Fairbanks Area ST 4,029 0    
Chabanika Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 3,504 0 Twenty-eight miles northwest of Allakaket, AK  
Chitantala Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 122 0 Forty-five miles north of Lake Minchumina, AK  
Christian Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 16,983 0 Started on FWS land 50 miles northeast of Venetie, AK  
Doc Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 259 0 Started on FWS land 13 miles southwest of Birch Creek, AK  
Dry Creek Fairbanks Area ST 12,043 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK  
Elephant Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 8,978 80 Started on Alaska DNR land twenty miles south of Rampart, AK  
Goldrun Complex Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 15,777 0 Started on NPS land 13 miles northwest of Ambler, AK  
Helmet Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 203 0 Started on FWS land 50 miles southeast of Arctic Village, AK  
Himalaya Road Fairbanks Area ST 6,085 0 12 Miles NW of Fox, AK 907-921-7881
Hogatza Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 15,580 0    
Kechumstuck Creek Tok Area ST 12,604 0    
Klikhtentotzna Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 26,540 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 39 miles north of Hughes, AK  
Lake Mansfield Tok Area ST 850 0 Twenty-six miles northwest of Tok, AK  
Lush Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 26,585 10 Started on Alaska Native Corporation land one mile northwest of Rampart, AK  
Marshall Mountain Fairbanks Area ST 691 0 Thirty miles east of Eielson Air Force Base, AK  
Mauneluk Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 2,724 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 30 miles northeast of Koyuk, AK  
McAdams Creek Fairbanks Area ST 193 0    
McArthur Creek Tok Area ST 7,123 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 40 miles east of Tetlin, AK  
Meadow Creek Southwest Area ST 19,634 0    
Monte Cristo Creek Fairbanks Area ST 6,759 0    
Moran Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 7,866 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 27 miles northwest of Tanana, AK  
Nelchina Glacier Valdez-Copper River Area ST 3,920 19    
Nenana Ridge Complex Fairbanks Area ST 32,933 0 Southwest of Fairbanks, AK  
Ninety-Eight Alaska Fire Service - Military Zone BLM 15,610 40 Started on DOD land 25 miles northeast of Salcha, AK  
Obrien Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 8,125 0 Twenty-four miles southeast of Livengood, AK  
Orum Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 5,640 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 30 miles southwest of Rampart, AK  
Our Creek Southwest Area ST 503 0 Fifty-eight miles north of McGrath, AK  
Pilot Creek Southwest Area ST 3,694 4 Started on Alaska DNR land 74 miles north of McGrath, AK  
Ptarmigan Complex Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 49,580 5 Two miles south of Central, AK  
Red Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 624 0 Twenty-three miles northeast of Hughes, AK  
Ricks Creek Fairbanks Area ST 16,720 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 62 miles northeast of Salcha, AK  
Ridgeline Tok Area ST 4,755 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 48 miles east of Tok, AK  
River Trail Tok Area ST 22,728 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 32 miles northeast of Tok, AK  
Roundabout Complex Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 58,102 11 Started on FWS land eight miles southwest of Huslia, AK  
Saint George Creek Fairbanks Area ST 25,992 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK  
Sand Lake Delta Area ST 6,293 0 Forty-four miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK  
Seven Mile Lookout Tok Area ST 3,924 55 Started on Alaska DNR land seven miles southwest of Tok, AK  
Shortcut Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 495 0    
Sikik Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,102 0 Started on NPS land 60 miles north of Ambler, AK  
Susulatna Southwest Area ST 3,031 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 59 miles northwest of Nikolai, AK  
Susulatna Hills Southwest Area ST 8,711 0    
Takoma Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 19,161 0 Started on Alaska, DNR land 26 miles west of Central, AK  
Tango Southwest Area ST 512 0    
Threetime Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 478 0 Started Alaska DNR land 13 miles northwest of Bettles, AK  
Timber Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 626 0 land 20 miles southwest of Fairbanks, AK  
Tsukon Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 1,319 0    
Twelve Mile Lake Delta Area ST 23,423 0 Thirty-seven miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK  
Uncle Sam Creek Fairbanks Area ST 685 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 20 miles east of Salcha, AK  
Wheeler Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 2,500 0 Thirty miles north of Huslia, AK  
Yellow Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 7,830 0 Forty-three miles southwest of Birch Creek, AK  
Yukon Fork Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 728 0 Twenty-six miles southeast of Circle Hot Springs, AK  
Fires: 2
Acres: 19,653
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Billy Tonto National Forest USFS 500 0 Fifteen miles south of Young, AZ  
White Sage Arizona Strip Field Office BLM 19,153 0 Fifteen miles southeast of Fredonia, AZ  
Fires: 4
Acres: 96,901
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Green Shasta-Trinity National Forest USFS 9,563 5 13 Miles East of Lakehead, CA (530) 238-5254
Madre Los Padres National Forest USFS 80,786 77 Cuyama Highway and Gypsum Canyon, West of New Cuyama 805-308-5525
Marble Complex Klamath National Forest USFS 709 35 Klamath National Forest 530-395-1268
Orleans Complex Six Rivers National Forest USFS 5,843 0 10 miles East of Orleans, CA. 707-532-5747
Fires: 3
Acres: 5,618
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
South Rim Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park NPS 2,865 0 South rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 9 miles east of Montrose, CO (970) 240-1070
Sowbelly Uncompahgre Field Office BLM 2,241 0 Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Northwest of Delta, Colorado 970-240-1070
* Turner Gulch Grand Junction Field Office BLM 512 0 Grand Junction Field Office, Upper Colorado River District, BLM - Colorado  
Fires: 3
Acres: 14,286
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
13 Mile Florida Forest Service ST 13,000 61 Twenty-one miles south of Belle Glade, FL  
Iron Everglades National Park NPS 750 40 Fifteen miles north of Homestead, FL  
* Johnny Buck Everglades National Park NPS 536 40 Fifteen miles northwest of Redland, FL  
Fires: 3
Acres: 3,591
New: 2
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Big Bear Payette National Forest USFS 1,038 0 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness  
Grassy Idaho Falls District BLM 2,018 70 Seven miles north of St  
* Rush Payette National Forest USFS 535 0 Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness  
Fires: 1
Acres: 124
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Garnet Southwestern Land Office ST 124 0 Twelve miles southeast of Ovando, MT 406-708-8508
Fires: 3
Acres: 43,674
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Big Carson City District Office BLM 358 0 Eight miles southwest of Hawthorne, NV  
Gothic Nellis Air Force Base DoD 30,522 0 Nye County, Nev. (702)279-4157
Hot Canyon Elko District Office BLM 12,794 35 10 miles NW of Montello, NV (775) 899-4901
Fires: 4
Acres: 31,474
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Chicken Gila National Forest USFS 272 40 Twenty miles southeast of Reserve, NM  
* Goose Gila National Forest USFS 700 0 Eighteen miles northwest of Silver City, NM  
Laguna Santa Fe National Forest USFS 16,634 45 Coyote Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest 505-607-0879
Turkey Feather Gila National Forest USFS 13,868 0 Twenty-two miles southeast of Reserve, NM  
Fires: 6
Acres: 10,208
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Elk Klamath Unit ST 2,802 16 7 miles SW of Beatty, Oregon 661-795-1330
Grizzly Complex Medford Unit ST 847 20 Twenty miles west of Medford, OR  
* Highland Prineville District BLM 1,500 0 Started on private land one mile south of Prineville, OR  
Long Point     349 79 Eight miles east of Spray, OR  
Sunrise Prineville District BLM 307 99 Eight miles south of Paulina, OR  
Willow Prineville District BLM 4,403 30 Twenty miles south of Paulina, OR  
Fires: 5
Acres: 60,777
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Deer Creek Southeast Area ST 8,300 0 1 Miles N of Old LaSal, UT  
Forsyth Dixie National Forest USFS 15,363 69 30 Miles N of St. George, UT (435) 280-2263
France Canyon Dixie National Forest USFS 34,943 90 7 miles southeast of Hatch, Utah (435) 258-9909
Gap     671 93 Started on state land five miles southeast of Scipio, UT  
Mica Dugway Proving Ground DoD 1,500 78 Fifteen miles east of Dugway, UT  
Fires: 4
Acres: 15,990
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bear Gulch Olympic National Forest USFS 443 0 The fire is burning on a steep, rocky slope near the Mt. Rose Trailhead along the Lake Cushman Corridor (FS-24). 360-732-1813
Hope Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources ST 6,365 0 Approximately 15 Miles north of Kettle Falls, WA and 5 miles southwest of Northport, WA 509-219-9554
Pomas Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 3,370 0 Approximately 36 miles northwest of Entiat, WA (509) 219-9543
Western Pines Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources ST 5,812 0 10 miles northeast of Davenport  
Fires: 1
Acres: 2,802
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Horse Bridger-Teton National Forest USFS 2,802 80 Big Piney Ranger District, Sublette County WY, 2 miles west of Prospect Peak, 7 miles west of Merna, WY 307-739-5564