as of April 4 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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April 11, 2025
Four new large fires were reported this week, one each of the following states; Minnesota, Mississippi, Virginia, and Colorado. Nationally 15 large fires have burned 23,425 acres across the United States. National Incident Management Team (NIMO) Team 1 has been mobilized to assist with ongoing wildfire activity in the Southern Area.
Since January 1, 2025, 17,400 wildfires have burned 822,951 acres across the United States. This is above the ten year averages of 11,792 wildfires and 737,978 acres burned.
The National Preparedness Level decreased to a PL 1 on Friday, April 4, 2025. This is the lowest level, and it means we’re in a much better place right now when it comes to wildfires.
The 2025 core component module package for RT-130, Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher (WFSTAR), is here and ready to go! This year’s training package includes The Line is Clear, a must-watch module from the National Wildland Fire Coordinating Group. This module features three seasoned aerial firefighting experts who break down how to safely and effectively work with aerial resources and offers real-world insights and best practices you can trust.
The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook is available for the period of April through July 2025. Significant wildfire potential will be seen throughout parts of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and several southeastern states through 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.
As we move into the summer, many of us are excited to get outside and enjoy our public lands. Protect these special places by holding yourself and your group to high standards of fire awareness and safety. Put out campfires by dousing them with water, stirring the coals with a shovel, and repeating. Your campfire should be cool to the touch before you leave the area or go to sleep. Set a good example and teach your children good campfire safety practices.
Anomalously warm and dry conditions are forecast through next week across the Desert Southwest, southern Great Basin, West Slope, and portions of the adjacent High Plains, with minimum relative humidity below 15% and poor overnight recovery below 30%. In addition, breezy and dry southwest winds will develop this weekend across the Southwest into the central and southern High Plains creating elevated to critical fire weather conditions. A cold front will move through the northern third of the West today and tomorrow with light precipitation, but temperatures will warm to above normal next week. As the front moves into the northern Plains, more widespread moderate precipitation is expected from central Montana through North Dakota and northern Minnesota. However, the front will be much drier as it traverses the Mississippi Valley, Appalachians, and East Coast early next week with only scattered light rainfall. Breezy and dry northwesterly winds will develop behind the front, with areas of elevated conditions Monday across portions of the Plains, and in the Southeast mid-next week, mainly in areas where green-up has not fully commenced. Periods of precipitation will continue across southern and western Alaska into early next week, while breezy trade winds continue into early next week with scattered windward showers and isolated leeward showers.
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Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
11 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies | 6 | |
| Acres from all active fires | 3,087 | |
| Fires contained | 6 |
| 2025 (1/1/25-4/11/25) | Fires: 17,400 | Acres: 822,951 |
| 2024 (1/1/24-4/11/24) | Fires: 9,537 | Acres: 1,758,895 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-4/11/23) | Fires: 10,628 | Acres: 271,403 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-4/11/22) | Fires: 18,086 | Acres: 777,406 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-4/11/21) | Fires: 13,715 | Acres: 421,645 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-4/11/20) | Fires: 8,562 | Acres: 193,473 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-4/11/19) | Fires: 7,838 | Acres: 189,695 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-4/11/18) | Fires: 13,520 | Acres: 543,225 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-4/11/17) | Fires: 15,939 | Acres: 2,181,797 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-4/11/16) | Fires: 11,436 | Acres: 838,723 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-4/11/15) | Fires: 11,586 | Acres: 259,714 |
| 2015-2024 | Fires: 11,792 | Acres: 737,978 |
Alabama
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Sawmill Road | Alabama Forestry Commission | ST | 305 | 90 | Five miles southwest of Chatom, AL |
Florida
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Deep Creek | Florida Forest Service | ST | 241 | 60 | Two miles east of Lake Helen, FL | |
| * Hilliardville | National Forests in Florida | USFS | 1,291 | 60 | Six miles northwest of Crawfordville, FL | |
| * Juniper Swamp | National Forests in Florida | USFS | 705 | 60 | Nine miles south of Bristol, FL | |
| * Powerline | Florida Forest Service | ST | 200 | 5 | Five miles east of Cassadaga, FL | |
| * Deep | Big Cypress National Preserve | NPS | 340 | 100 | Two miles east of Lake Helen, FL |
Georgia
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Crow Creek | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | USFS | 118 | 100 |
Kansas
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Halifax | Wabaunsee County | CNTY | 1,200 | 100 |
Minnesota
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dugdale | 3,744 | 100 | Seven miles southwest of Mentor, MN |
Mississippi
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 429 A1 | National Forests in Mississippi | USFS | 345 | 0 | One mile southwest of White Plains, MS | |
| * Marion | Mississippi Forestry Commission | ST | 121 | 100 | ||
| * Yalobusha | Mississippi Forestry Commission | ST | 130 | 100 |
