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as of January 29 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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February 7, 2025

Three new large fires were reported nationwide in the past week, two in Mississippi and one in Texas. All three have since been 100% contained. 

So far in 2025, 3,016 wildfires have burned 77,224 acres. This compares to lower 10-year averages for this date of 2,166 fires and 39,386 acres.  

Weather, topography, and fuels (a term which mostly refers to vegetation, but includes anything that can burn) are the three environmental factors that influence wildfires the most. Of these three factors, fuels are the only one that people can influence through management. When fuels are reduced or broken up on forests and rangelands, wildfires tend to burn with less intensity and lower spread potential. By managing the fuels around your home, you create defensible space. Community fuels reduction projects protect homes, watersheds, and local economies. Learn more about how to make your home and community Firewise

The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook is available for the period of January through April 2025.

 

Weather

Breezy westerly sustained winds of 15-30 mph with gusts to 50 mph amid relative humidity as low as 5% will develop today over portions of the southern High Plains creating elevated to critical conditions. Breezy winds and low humidity will shift south to the Trans Pecos tomorrow. A winter storm will move through California and the northern half of the West with light to moderate precipitation, with snow levels near valley floors in the northern third of the West to 4,000 to 6,000 feet in California. The storm will quickly move through the northern and central Plains to the East Coast this weekend with moderate precipitation, falling as snow from the Dakotas to New England. Much colder air will filter into the West and the Plains this weekend behind the cold front, with below normal temperatures continuing into mid-next week. The front is expected to stall from the Lower Mississippi Valley through the Tennessee Valley to the Mid-Atlantic early to mid-next week with widespread rain, heavy in some areas. However, little precipitation is likely in portions of the southern Plains and much of Florida. Dry weather is likely to continue in much of the Southwest next week, as well, while another winter storm is forecast to impact the West Coast late next week. High pressure will bring above normal temperatures and generally dry conditions to Alaska, except for periods of rain and snow in western Alaska. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response 
* New fires are identified with an asterisk
3 States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies 2
Acres from all active fires 1,167
Fires contained 5
Year-to-date statistics
2025 (1/1/25-2/12/25) Fires: 3,016 Acres: 77,224
2024 (1/1/24-2/12/24) Fires: 1,878 Acres: 11,061
2023 (1/1/23-2/12/23) Fires: 2,252 Acres: 17,895
2022 (1/1/22-2/12/22) Fires: 3,543 Acres: 61,567
2021 (1/1/21-2/12/21) Fires: 2,420 Acres: 55,048
2020 (1/1/20-2/12/20) Fires: 1,826 Acres: 31,044
2019 (1/1/19-2/12/19) Fires: 1,610 Acres: 16,364
2018 (1/1/18-2/12/18) Fires: 4,907 Acres: 104,691
2017 (1/1/17-2/12/17) Fires: 4,093 Acres: 108,217
2016 (1/1/16-2/12/16) Fires: 1,882 Acres: 53,780
2015 (1/1/15-2/12/15) Fires: 2,871 Acres: 42,859
10-year average Year-to-Date
2015-2024 Fires: 2,166 Acres: 39,386
Current Wildfires
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Palisades Los Angeles Fire Department BLM 23,448 100 Four miles west of Brentwood, CA  
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 2
Contained: 2
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Fixed Wing National Forests in Mississippi USFS 1,792 100    
* Kings Ferry National Forests in Mississippi USFS 871 100    
Fires: 1
Acres: 644
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
North Fork National Forests in North Carolina USFS 644 90 Two miles east of Woodlawn, NC  
Fires: 1
Acres: 523
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Big Springs Cherokee Nation Tribe BIA 523 65 Three miles east of Kenwood, OK  
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Blue Hills Texas A & M Forest Service ST 3,900 100 Moore County 8062205156
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Cahas Mountain Virginia Department of Forestry ST 555 100 Seven miles north of Callaway, VA