National Fire News

National Preparedness Level 1

as of October 21, 2021 at 5 p.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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March 18, 2022

Thirty-seven new large fires were reported last week, most of them in Texas and Oklahoma. The Southern Area is now at Preparedness Level 3 and states with large fire activity include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. Both the Southwest and Southern California are at Preparedness Level 2. 

To date, 12,514 wildfires have burned 320,144 acres in the United States. The number of wildfires is nearly double the 10-year average of 6,862. The number of acres burned is slightly below the 10-year average of 336,218.

The National Interagency Coordination Center has posted statistics for the 2021 Fire YearThe Predictive Services staff at the National Interagency Fire Center released the National Wildland Significant Fire Potential Outlook for January through April. This outlook highlights areas of the country with the potential for an above normal number of wildfires.

Weather

Dry and breezy post-frontal conditions are expected today across portions of Texas and possibly tomorrow as well. Ahead of the cold front, thunderstorms, including severe, are likely from the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys south to the central Gulf Coast today and possibly across the Coastal Plain in the southeast Atlantic states tomorrow. Widespread showers are likely in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast today through tomorrow. An upper-level trough will likely bring precipitation to much of the West Coast, Great Basin, and Rockies tomorrow into Monday. Dry and windy conditions will precede the trough in the Southwest and onto portions of the southern and central Plains this weekend, with dry and windy conditions possibly continuing in portions of southwest Texas and south Texas early next week. Dry and windy post-frontal conditions are expected across portions of California, the southern Great Basin, and in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Sunday through Monday, with gusty offshore winds in southern California Sunday into Tuesday. Occasional dry and breezy conditions are forecast on Florida Peninsula into next week. Widespread precipitation is forecast along and east of the Divide in Colorado and New Mexico and across much of the southern and central Plains Sunday – Tuesday, with snow likely in the Colorado and southern Rockies onto the central High Plains and possibly portions of the southern High Plains. Showers and thunderstorms, including severe thunderstorms, are likely farther east on the southern and central Plains before spreading across much of the eastern US on Tuesday – Wednesday. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response
* New fires are identified with an asterisk
37 States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires
Total does not include individual fires within complexes.
21Wil
Acres from active fires 129,168
Fires contained 26
Year-to-date statistics
2022 (1/1/22-3/18/22) Fires: 12,514 Acres: 320,144
2020 (1/1/20-3/18/20) Fires: 5,136 Acres: 106,049
2019 (1/1/19-3/18/19) Fires: 3,113 Acres: 59,881
2018 (1/1/18-3/18/18) Fires: 8,990 Acres: 298,181
2017 (1/1/17-3/18/17) Fires: 11,007 Acres: 2,066,136
2016 (1/1/16-3/18/16) Fires: 6,840 Acres: 301,184
2015 (1/1/15-3/18/15) Fires: 7,179 Acres: 115,520
2014 (1/1/14-3/18/14) Fires: 8,947 Acres: 124,146
2013 (1/1/13-3/18/13) Fires: 5,206 Acres: 51,473
2012 (1/1/12-3/18/12) Fires: 7,831 Acres: 147,770
10-year average Year-to-Date
2012-2021 Fires: 6,862 Acres: 336,218
Current Wildfires
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 4
Contained: 4
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Broken Arrow Plantation
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Alabama Private Lands
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ST 641 100    
* CO RD 311
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Alabama Private Lands
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ST 400 100    
* Mary C Smith RD.
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Alabama Private Lands
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ST 400 100    
* Range 50
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Alabama Private Lands
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ST 732 100    
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Cutoff
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Ouachita National Forest
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USFS 291 100    
Fires: 1
Acres: 553
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Jim
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Cleveland National Forest
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USFS 553 95 Holy Jim Canyon, Santiago Peak 951-736-1811
Fires: 3
Acres: 34,406
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Chipola Complex
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Florida Forest Service
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ST 34,203 75 Eighteen miles east of Panama City, FL  
Rock Road
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Florida Forest Service
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ST 100 25    
* WF4
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Florida Forest Service
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ST 103 98 Eight miles southeast of Punta Gorda, FL  
Davis Road
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Florida Forest Service
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ST 922 100 Five miles southwest of Fort Meade, FL  
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* John Rich Rd
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Georgia Forestry Commission
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ST 468 100    
Fires: 1
Acres: 4,300
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* 18 Valley
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Elk County
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CNTY 4,300 60 Two miles southwest of Elk Falls, KS  
Cottonwood Complex
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Reno County
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CNTY 6,180 100 Five miles east of Hutchinson, KS  
Fires: 1
Acres: 396
New: 2
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Slash
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Mark Twain National Forest
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USFS 396 90 Three miles southwest of Newburg, MO  
* Little Hurricane
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Mark Twain National Forest
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USFS 145 100    
Fires: 1
Acres: 900
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Votaw Road CA
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Nebraska Forest Service
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ST 900 0 Twenty miles southeast of North Platte, NE  
Fires: 1
Acres: 2,958
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
San Luis
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Socorro District
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ST 2,958 50 Thirty-seven miles south of Animas, NM  
Fires: 5
Acres: 18,381
New: 11
Contained: 12
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* 62
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 10,636 65 Six miles southwest of Cooperton, OK  
* Coal Creek
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 315 75 Eight miles north of McAlester, OK  
* Fisher
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 5,440 75 Five miles northeast of Hanna, OK  
Otoe 7C
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Pawnee Agency
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BIA 552 57 Eight miles northeast of Red Rock, OK  
* Pin Strip
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Osage Agency
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BIA 1,438 80 Four miles southwest of Copan, OK  
* 1925 Road
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 115 100    
* 66
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 667 100    
Bachelor Creek
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 704 100 Nine miles south of Bristow, OK  
* Bear
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 206 100    
* Cimarron
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 2,103 100    
Finn
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Osage Agency
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BIA 2,500 100 Four miles southeast of Barnsdall, OK  
* McCombs
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 516 100    
Middle Creek
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 1,200 100 One mile north of Lamar, OK  
Swinging Rock
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Osage Agency
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BIA 434 100 Six miles northwest of Okesa, OK  
*Tower
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Okmulgee Field Office
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BIA 265 100    
* Wagon Wheel
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Oklahoma Division of Forestry
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ST 1,216 100    
West Conners
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Osage Agency
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BIA 145 100 Three miles north of Hominy, OK  
Fires: 1
Acres: 923
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Running Water
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South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
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ST 923 95 Nine miles southwest of Springfield, SD  
Fires: 7
Acres: 66,351
New: 12
Contained: 5
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* 3 Oaks
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 3,512 90 13 miles East South East of Goldthwaite, TX 9792183030
* Burr
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 3,500 90    
* Chico Lane
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 8,000 50 Started on private land seven miles southeast of Big Lake, TX 325-213-1643
* Crews Gap
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 7,000 50 Runnels, Coleman County line 9362177013
* Eastland Complex
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 39,883 0 Eastland County in and around Carbon, Rising Star, Gorman, De Leon (Comache Co.) 281-706-7105
*Edmunson
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 3,878 50   325-213-1643
* La Grulla WMA
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Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
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FWS 578 94 Two miles southwest of La Grulla, TX  
* Buddy
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 1,469 100 8 miles WNW of Johnson City, TX 346-345-9746
* Calvin
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 566 100    
* Christine
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 2,900 100 7 miles South of Christine, TX 9403289158
* Hay Field
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 478 100    
* Love
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Texas A & M Forest Service
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ST 385 100