as of March 4 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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March 14, 2025
The Wildland Fire Safety Training Annual Refresher, or WFSTAR, 2025 core component module packages are here! As we look back to move forward, the 2024 Year in Review highlights key events, critical stats, and lessons learned from the past fire season. This module revisits key events and statistics from the 2024 fire season, identifies lessons learned to enhance future preparedness, and explores intelligence sources to improve big-picture situational awareness. Together, we strengthen wildland firefighter readiness and safety.
In the past week, 11 new large wildfires have been reported in the Southern, Rocky Mountain, and Northern Rockies areas. Wildland firefighters contained five large wildfires. A complex incident management team is assigned to the Covington Drive Fire in South Carolina. More than 1,100 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the nation.
So far in 2025, 9,520 wildfires have burned 269,986 acres across the United States. This is above the 10-year average of 6,629 wildfires and below the 10-year average acreage of 431,052.
Red Flag Warnings are in effect today across much of eastern New Mexico and southeast Colorado northeast into northern Illinois, and eastward into much of Texas and Oklahoma.
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.
A strong storm will develop over the Plains with west to southwest sustained winds exceeding 20 mph will be common as minimum relative humidity falls to 5-25%. A corridor of extremely strong west to southwesterly winds of 30-50 mph with gusts of 60-85 mph are forecast from West Texas into central Oklahoma and southeast Kansas with minimum relative humidity in the single digits. Poor overnight humidity recovery of less than 30% is expected for much of central, South, and West Texas. Winds are likely to remain elevated at 15-25 mph in some areas before winds increase across central and South Texas tomorrow. Lighter winds are expected on the Plains Sunday. Ahead of the dry line in the Lower/Mid-Mississippi Valley, strong to severe thunderstorms will develop, with tornadoes most likely in the Lower Mississippi Valley and widespread strong straight-line winds in the Mid- Mississippi Valley. Farther east in the Appalachians, southerly downslope winds of 15-25 mph with higher gusts amid RH of 15-30% are likely to develop from northern Alabama to eastern Kentucky and western Virginia, creating areas of elevated conditions into Saturday afternoon. Severe thunderstorms are likely in the Appalachians and Southeast this weekend, with wetting rainfall also likely from the Appalachians to the East Coast. In the West, another storm will move into the northern two-thirds of the West this weekend, with widespread rain and mountain snow.
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Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
12 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies | 31 | |
| Acres from all active fires | 143,674 | |
| Fires contained | 7 |
| 2025 (1/1/25-3/14/25) | Fires: 9,520 | Acres: 269,986 |
| 2024 (1/1/24-3/14/24) | Fires: 4,443 | Acres: 1,420,655 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-3/14/23) | Fires: 5,842 | Acres: 76,166 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-3/14/22) | Fires: 12,088 | Acres: 304,185 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-3/14/21) | Fires: 6,403 | Acres: 133,457 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-3/14/20) | Fires: 4,796 | Acres: 100,598 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-3/14/19) | Fires: 2,790 | Acres: 53,560 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-3/14/18) | Fires: 8,487 | Acres: 247,349 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-3/14/17) | Fires: 10,328 | Acres: 1,631,947 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-3/14/16) | Fires: 6,158 | Acres: 277,912 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-3/14/15) | Fires: 6,827 | Acres: 104,029 |
| 2015-2024 | Fires: 6,629 | Acres: 431,052 |
Colorado
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Meridian | El Paso County | CNTY | 2,540 | 100 | Five miles east of Colorado Springs, CO |
Florida
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * 344 | Florida Forest Service | ST | 850 | 85 | Seven miles east of Florida City, FL | |
| * Pinelands | Florida Forest Service | ST | 479 | 80 | Ten miles west of St |
Kentucky
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Branch | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST | 169 | 5 | Started on Forest Service land nineteen miles northeast of Corbin, KY | |
| * Dixon Road | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ST | 146 | 30 | Two miles west of Cumberland, KY |
Massachusetts
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beret | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | ST | 179 | 89 | Started on DOD land one mile west of Still River, MA |
Missouri
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Elliott | Mark Twain National Forest | USFS | 138 | 95 | Fifteen miles southwest of Waynesville, MO | |
| * Turley 2 | Mark Twain National Forest | USFS | 250 | 95 | Seven miles west of Van Buren, MO | |
| * Stormline | Mark Twain National Forest | USFS | 150 | 100 |
New Mexico
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mogote Hill | Las Vegas District | ST | 15,000 | 50 | Forty miles northeast of Las Vegas, NM |
North Carolina
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millis Savannah | National Forests in North Carolina | USFS | 393 | 70 | Six miles southwest of Newport, NC | |
| Bailey Drive | North Carolina Forest Service | ST | 133 | 100 | Two miles west of Bakersville, NC |
Oklahoma
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Road | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 2,000 | 5 | Three miles northeast of Elk City, OK | |
| 840 Road | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 27,025 | 20 | Five miles southeast of Angora, OK | |
| Big Draw | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 146 | 50 | Four miles southwest of Battiest, OK | |
| * Cherry Tree | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 109 | 50 | Four miles southwest of Westville, OK | |
| Davis | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 120 | 50 | Three miles southeast of Stigler, OK | |
| Eagle Bluff | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 145 | 80 | Five miles northeast of Grandview, OK | |
| Euchee Valley | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 8,640 | 50 | Four miles southwest of Cushing, OK | |
| Hamby Ridge | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 706 | 70 | Four miles southeast of Colcord, OK | |
| Hickory Hill Road | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 5,000 | 5 | Three miles northeast of Arcadia, OK | |
| * Long Mountain | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 801 | 70 | Thirty-seven miles northeast of McAlester, OK | |
| * Oak Leaf | Okmulgee Field Office | BIA | 327 | 70 | Four miles south of Weleetka, OK | |
| Onyx | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 380 | 60 | Three miles northeast of Maguire, OK | |
| Post Oak | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 204 | 70 | Three miles northeast of Maguire, OK | |
| Rock Ridge | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 123 | 75 | One mile northwest of Colcord, OK | |
| * Tully Hollow | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 205 | 50 | Six miles northwest of Proctor, OK | |
| Slickfoot | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 289 | 100 | Two miles west of Colcord, OK | |
| Stanley | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 295 | 100 | Six miles southeast of Ketchum, OK | |
| Stripes | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ST | 436 | 100 | Three miles east of Slick, OK |
South Carolina
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Drive | South Carolina Forestry Commission | ST | 2,059 | 70 | Two miles west of Myrtle Beach, SC |
South Dakota
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 13 | Cheyenne River Agency | BIA | 37,759 | 50 | Twenty-five miles south of Faith, SD | 605-252-6763 |
| South Tripp | Tripp County | CNTY | 2,000 | 100 | Eighteen miles southwest of Colome, SD |
Texas
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Crabapple | Texas A & M Forest Service | ST | 8,640 | 0 | Started on private land six miles northeast of Fredricksburg, TX | |
| * Lake Pasture | Texas A & M Forest Service | ST | 300 | 90 | Started on private land 27 miles south of Victoria, TX | |
| Rest Area | Texas A & M Forest Service | ST | 7,931 | 50 | Started on private land five miles west of Alanreed, TX | |
| Windmill | Texas A & M Forest Service | ST | 23,000 | 65 | Started on private land 22 miles south of Perryton, TX |
West Virginia
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roderfield | West Virginia Division of Forestry | ST | 450 | 60 | Started on private land five miles east of Laeger, WV |
