Fifteen new large wildfires were reported yesterday in the Southern, Rocky Mountain, and Eastern areas. Fifty large uncontained fires are burning in 16 states, 23 are burning in Oklahoma. Nearly 2,100 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the nation.
Since January 1, 11,912 wildfires have burned 396,631 acres across the United States. This is above the 10-year average of 7,157 wildfires and below the 10-year average acreage of 541,795.
A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been issued for the Southern Great Plains and adjacent areas, involving portions of four states and three geographic areas. This area has already experienced multiple wildfire outbreak events in recent days, and high-risk conditions are expected to continue into April. This advisory is posted 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. Explore the 2025 national fire year themes by visiting our website to learn more.
Weather
A dry cold front will move through the central Plains tomorrow, with northwesterly winds of 20-30 mph and gusts to 45 mph behind the front. Ahead of the front, southwesterly winds of 15-25 mph with gusts 30-40 mph are forecast in the southern Plains to Mid-Mississippi Valley. Minimum relative humidity of 10-20% is forecast, creating widespread elevated to critical conditions. Widespread low relative humidity of 10-25% is also forecast from the Appalachians to the East Coast, but winds will be lighter except in the Piedmont and the Mid-Atlantic coast where west winds of 10-20 mph will create locally elevated conditions. In the West, dry conditions will continue in the Southwest with single digit minimum relative humidity forecast for the Sonoran Desert into southern New Mexico and far West Texas. Another cold front will move through the northern half of the West, with widespread valley rain and mountain snow for the Northwest and northern Rockies, while scattered light precipitation spreads into northern California, the northern Great Basin, and central Rockies. However, breezy downslope westerly winds gusting to 50 mph are expected east of the Divide in central Montana. Generally dry conditions and slightly above normal temperatures will continue in Alaska, while breezy and dry trade winds are expected in Hawai’i.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response
* New fires are identified with an asterisk
8
States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies
