as of October 13, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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March 15, 2024
14 new large fires were reported this week, 6 of which have already been 100% contained. New uncontained fires remain in Kentucky, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, with several Oklahoma fires threatening residences. Containment on the Smokehouse Creek and Windy Deuce Fires in the Texas panhandle has increased significantly and fire behavior in that area is currently reported as minimal.
A Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory has been issued for a large area of the southern Great Plains encompassing northwest Texas, western Oklahoma, southwest Kansas, southeastern Colorado, and far eastern New Mexico. The advisory highlights the conditions that contributed to the outbreak of recent fires in the high plains of Texas and adjacent areas of the southern plains, which continue to pose a risk for ongoing fires and new ignitions. In addition to unusually warm temperatures and dry conditions, compounded by seasonal and storm winds, the grass and other herbaceous fuel loading is greater than normal due to abundant growth during 2023's wet growing season. Visit the NICC fuels/fire danger webpage for more information.
Visit the NIFC website prevention page to learn how you can plan and prepare for wildfires and prevent unwanted human-caused fires: https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/fire-prevention-education-mitigation.
An upper low will bring widespread showers, with snow above 6,000 to 8,000 feet, to much of the Southwest, southern Great Basin, and Colorado Rockies through early next week. Offshore winds in California will become light, but dry conditions will continue there through early next week as well. High pressure aloft will bring above normal temperatures to the northern half of the West this weekend through mid-next week. A slow-moving cold front will bring widespread moderate to heavy rain to south and central Texas and the Gulf Coast this weekend, while lighter precipitation, with a period of drier conditions to the southern Appalachians and Southeast through mid-next week. Fast-moving cold fronts are expected for the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic keeping temperatures near to below normal, but any precipitation will be light. Late next week, Pacific storms will begin to affect the northwestern US, but much of the northern Plains into the northern Great Lakes will remain dry. A warming trend is forecast for much of Alaska the next week, especially the western Interior, while relatively dry trade winds are forecast for Hawai’i through mid-next week.
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
14 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
9 | |
Acres from active fires | 147,115 | |
Fires contained | 19 |
2024 (1/1/24-3/15/24) | Fires: 4,093 | Acres: 1,409,885 |
2023 (1/1/23-3/15/23) | Fires: 5,908 | Acres: 76,910 |
2022 (1/1/22-3/15/22) | Fires: 12,301 | Acres: 312,083 |
2021 (1/1/21-3/15/21) | Fires: 6,917 | Acres: 142,700 |
2020 (1/1/20-3/15/20) | Fires: 4,864 | Acres: 103,407 |
2019 (1/1/19-3/15/19) | Fires: 2,883 | Acres: 53,747 |
2018 (1/1/18-3/15/18) | Fires: 8,713 | Acres: 287,630 |
2017 (1/1/17-3/15/17) | Fires: 10,608 | Acres: 2,059,102 |
2016 (1/1/16-3/15/16) | Fires: 6,248 | Acres: 279,367 |
2015 (1/1/15-3/15/15) | Fires: 6,827 | Acres: 104,029 |
2014 (1/1/14-3/15/14) | Fires: 8,316 | Acres: 103,721 |
2014-2023 | Fires: 7,180 | Acres: 302,516 |
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Kentucky
Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* Irishman Creek Road Edit |
Kentucky Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 143 | 10 | Started on private land four miles southeast of Hindman, KY | |
* Problem Edit |
Kentucky Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 106 | 100 | ||
* Whetstone Road Edit |
Kentucky Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 370 | 100 |
Minnesota
Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Snake Trail Edit |
Fort Lewiston Area, MN DNR | 1,594 | 100 | Three miles northeast of Waseca, MN |
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* Brooken 1 Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 511 | 80 | Twenty-five miles northeast of McAlester, OK | |
* Brooken 2 Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 142 | 80 | Thirty miles northeast of McAlester, OK | |
* Hog Trap Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 170 | 70 | Three miles south of Leach, OK | |
* Lamar Castle Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 896 | 60 | One mile west of Lamar, OK | |
* North Beaver Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 674 | 90 | Seven miles northwest of Beaver, OK | |
* Spent Edit |
Cherokee Nation Tribe Edit |
BIA | 327 | 20 | Nine miles south of Jay, OK | |
Arkoma Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 395 | 100 | One mile southwest of Hanna, OK | |
Catesby Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 89,688 | 100 | Four miles south of Catesby, OK | |
Clyne Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 260 | 100 | Six miles southeast of Stroud, OK | |
Concharty Church Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 599 | 100 | Ten miles west of Haskell, OK | |
Cooper Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 2,412 | 100 | Five miles west of Fort Supply, OK | |
* Persimmon Creek Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 315 | 100 | ||
Runaway Hollow Edit |
Cherokee Nation Tribe Edit |
BIA | 126 | 100 | Six miles southwest of Jay, OK | |
Slapout Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 26,020 | 100 | Six miles west of Laverne, OK | |
* Spring Creek Edit |
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit |
ST | 150 | 100 | Five miles southeast of Horntown, OK | |
* Wild Onion Edit |
Okmulgee Field Office Edit |
BIA | 245 | 100 |