Across the country, 32 large fires are actively burning, together having consumed 435,903 acres. Today, 9,669 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. Year-to-date, the United States has experienced 51,549 wildfires that have burned 4,488,364 acres. For comparison, the 10-year average for this date is 45,317 wildfires and 6,354,518 acres burned.
With the arrival of fall, many land managers are turning attention toward fuels management. These are planned activities such as prescribed fire and thinning that reduce the vegetation available to burn in future wildfires. The 2025 National Fire Year Themes highlight that fuels management is a cornerstone of reducing wildfire risk to communities, watersheds, and cultural resources. By carefully planning these treatments under the right conditions, managers help landscapes become more resilient, lowering the chance that future fires will be as damaging.
For the public, fall is also a time to practice prevention. Cooler nights and shorter days may bring relief from summer heat, but dry vegetation can still catch fire easily. If you are burning yard debris, using equipment outdoors, or enjoying a campfire, take precautions and follow local restrictions. Each step we take to prevent unwanted ignitions makes a difference for our firefighters, our neighbors, and the lands we all share.
Locally breezy northeast winds in northern California and southwest Oregon will gradually decrease during the day before returning overnight, but weaker. Minimum relative humidity will be very low at 7-20% and stretch into much of southern Oregon and northwest Nevada with poor overnight recovery below 30% for mid-slopes and ridges. Above normal temperatures will also return to much of the rest of the Northwest and into the northern Rockies, but minimum relative humidity will be higher at 15-30%. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist in the central and southern Rockies, generally east of the Divide. An upper-level low off the southern California coast is likely to move closer tonight, with scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms for the central coast. In the eastern US, a cold front will slowly move south and east from the central and southern Plains northeast into the Great Lakes and Northeast. Widespread thunderstorms are expected in the Mid-Mississippi and Lower Ohio Valleys, with more scattered showers and thunderstorms elsewhere. In the Northeast, portions of northern New England may receive little precipitation. The Southeast is likely to remain dry, but minimum relative humidity will remain generally above 40%, while isolated thunderstorms return to Florida.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
