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National Preparedness Level 3

as of September 9, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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September 17, 2026

Yesterday, 86 new fires were reported nationwide, including eight new large incidents. Firefighters are currently working to contain 56 uncontained large fires across the country. National Preparedness Level remains at 3, with more than 12,000 personnel assigned to incidents nationwide.

The Southern Area remains the highest-priority Geographic Area, with five new large incidents and 12 uncontained large fires. Extreme fire behavior continues on several fires in Texas, with residences and infrastructure threatened. 

Year-to-date, 56,161 fires have burned more than 8.5 million acres, 126% of the 10-year average number of fires and 147% of the average acres burned for this date.

Hot, dry conditions continue across the southern Plains, with low humidity and gusty winds across parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Central Nevada and the Mojave Desert will also see very low humidity and gusty winds today.

Weather

Hot temperatures with highs near 100°F continue across the southern Plains today with widespread 90s stretching from west Texas northeast through the Ohio Valley. Relative humidity across the Lower Mississippi Valley, Oklahoma, and central Texas will also be 15-25% this afternoon with south winds gusting to 25 mph across central Texas and Oklahoma. Minimum relative humidity will drop to near 10% across central Nevada and the Mojave Desert and winds will be breezy with gusts 30 to 35 mph during the afternoon hours. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop with flash flooding concerns for the Southwest and the Four Corners again today. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will develop across southwest Oregon and far north California today, as well as across eastern Oregon and central Idaho. The Gulf Coast and Florida will remain mostly dry today. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response 
* New fires are identified with an asterisk		 8 States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires 56
Acres from all active fires 2,587,726 
Fires contained 6
Year-to-date statistics
2026 (1/1/26-9/17/26) Fires: 56,161 Acres: 8,515,617
2025 (1/1/25-9/17/25) Fires: 49,954 Acres: 4,425,423
2024 (1/1/24-9/17/24) Fires: 37,269 Acres: 7,330,120
2023 (1/1/23-9/17/23) Fires: 42,689 Acres: 2,193,130
2022 (1/1/22-9/17/22) Fires: 51,079 Acres: 6,793,291
2021 (1/1/21-9/17/21) Fires: 44,968 Acres: 5,587,152
2020 (1/1/20-9/17/20) Fires: 42,809 Acres: 7,015,956
2019 (1/1/19-9/17/19) Fires: 37,506 Acres: 4,348,513
2018 (1/1/18-9/17/18) Fires: 48,077 Acres: 7,267,143
2017 (1/1/17-9/17/17) Fires: 49,669 Acres: 8,491,446
2016 (1/1/16-9/17/16) Fires: 43,429 Acres: 4,783,600
10-year average Year-to-Date
2016-2025 Fires: 44,596 Acres: 5,797,387 
Current Wildfires

Arkansas

Fires: 1
Acres: 2,832
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bunker Arkansas Forestry Commission ST 2,832 65 Two miles east of East Camden, AR  

California

Fires: 5
Acres: 61,346
New: 2
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Dome Yosemite National Park NPS 1,177 0 North of Wawona Dome  
* Floriston Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit ST 613 4 Ten miles northeast of Truckee, CA  
Lucas Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit ST 4,128 53 Ten miles north of Upper Lake, CA  
Plaskett Los Padres National Forest USFS 29,993 97 34 miles South of Big Sur, CA 805-257-9891
Timber Los Padres National Forest USFS 25,435 44 Approximately 4 miles southeast of Big Sur, California 831-285-7006

Colorado

Fires: 4
Acres: 117,425
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Aspen Acres Custer County CNTY 102,004 82 10 miles northwest of Rye, CO 719-269-8500
Elk Grand Mesa USFS 7,257 73 7 miles northwest of Lake City, Colorado 970-299-5357
Swiss Roll San Juan National Forest USFS 775 0 Pagosa Springs, CO 970-501-0261
Willow Pike and San Isabel National Forest USFS 7,389 80 6 miles west of Leadville, CO 719-486-0749

Idaho

Fires: 7
Acres: 28,724
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Cascade Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 7,475 70 Nineteen miles east of Lowell, ID 208-935-6134
* Cole Boise District BLM 417 0 Fourteen miles south of Boise, ID  
Crooked Boise National Forest USFS 10,081 97 14 miles northeast of Idaho City Idaho, along the North Fork of the Boise River 208-264-4469
Doublesprings Salmon-Challis National Forest USFS 1,779 60 Thirty-one miles northwest of Mackay, ID  
Parker Lake Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 1,531 0 Long Creek Canyon 20 miles NW of Bonners Ferry, ID in the Kootenai River Valley. 208-557-8813
Silver Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 2,593 30 Southeast side of Silver Dollar Peak near Roman Nose 208-557-8813
Upper Smith Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 4,848 41 Six miles West of Porthill, Idaho 208-557-8813

Louisiana

Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 2
Contained: 2
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Gray Sabine National Wildlife Refuge FWS 555 100    
* Stark Sabine National Wildlife Refuge FWS 1,119 100    

Montana

Fires: 9
Acres: 87,135
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bobcat Lakes Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 10,896 72 12 miles east of Wisdom 406-420-1966
Camp Creek Flathead National Forest USFS 9,725 99 Twenty-five miles northeast of Seeley Lake, MT 520-282-0436
Cooper Bitterroot National Forest USFS 354 0 Twenty-two miles southwest of Conner, MT  
Davis Coulee Crow Agency BIA 15,470 20 9 miles SW of Crow Agency, MT  
Moose Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 6,005 15 24 miles southwest of Philipsburg 406-683-3920
Nature Grove Bitterroot National Forest USFS 1,422 0 13 miles east of Hamilton south of Highway 38 406-420-3096
Sand Creek Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 35,520 58 7.5 miles southeast of Wisdom, Montana (406) 420-1966
Scimitar Bitterroot National Forest USFS 463 0 Twenty-nine miles southwest of Conner, MT  
Silvertip Flathead National Forest USFS 7,280 99 Thirty miles northeast of Condon, MT 406-758-5376

New Mexico

Fires: 2
Acres: 16,498
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Frijoles Santa Fe National Forest USFS 15,956 74 Steep terrain 5 miles west of Sierra Mosca, 3 miles southeast of Cundiyo, NM. The fire is within the boundaries of the Pecos Wilderness Area. (505) 407-5343
Whiskey Cibola National Forest USFS 542 48 15 Miles NW of Mountainair, NM 505-230-5424

Oklahoma

Fires: 5
Acres: 6,485
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Atoka Lake Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 727 50 Two miles northeast of Atoka, OK  
Black Kettle Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 1,527 50 Four miles southeast of Roll, OK  
Calvary Creek Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 906 60 Four miles east of Rocky, OK  
Gracemont Anadarko Agency BIA 2,665 20 Six miles east of Binger, OK  
Tram Trail Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 660 30 Six miles northeast of Rattan, OK  

Oregon

Fires: 6
Acres: 552,146
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Austin Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 12,881 87 25 Miles SE of Estacada, OR 541-982-5802
Grasshopper Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 93,996 98 14 miles SW of Dufur, OR 541-982-5802
Hagen Umatilla National Forest USFS 61,381 87 26 Miles East of Pendleton, OR 541-970-7128
Paradise Umatilla National Forest USFS 9,656 86 18 Miles E of Milton-Freewater, Oregon 541-970-7128
Rowe Creek Complex Prineville District BLM 373,927 99 10 Miles S of Fossil, OR 541-800-1280
The Narrows Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 305 98 Fifteen miles southeast of Estacada, OR  

Texas

Fires: 6
Acres: 26,316
New: 3
Contained: 3
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bundy Texas A & M Forest Service ST 446 85 Ten miles southeast of Telegraph, TX  
* Clark Texas A & M Forest Service ST 700 20 Approximately 10 miles southwest of Rocksprings, Texas 979-255-0591
Dry River Texas A & M Forest Service ST 7,000 25 6 miles southwest of Sonora, Texas 979-255-0591
Hydra Texas A & M Forest Service ST 1,100 25 Approximately 6 miles south of Meridian, Texas 979-255-0591
* Lobo Texas A & M Forest Service ST 658 75 3 miles northeast of Cisco, Texas 979-255-0591
Star Lake McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge FWS 16,412 70 Sixteen miles southeast of Stowell, TX  
Arrowhead Texas A & M Forest Service ST 795 100 Approximately 9 miles southwest of Henrietta, Texas 979-255-0591
* Door Key Texas A & M Forest Service ST 420 100    
Ross Texas A & M Forest Service ST 89,989 100 Approximately 1 miles west of Palo Pinto, Texas 979-255-0591

Utah

Fires: 1
Acres: 4,774
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Slough Canyon Uintah and Ouray Agency BIA 4,774 75 41 Miles E of Price, UT 435-459-0935

Washington

Fires: 9
Acres: 397,280
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Border 2 North Cascades National Park NPS 8,171 73 20 Miles NE of Marblemount, WA  
Goat Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 815 41 15 Miles N of Ronald, WA  
King Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 3,298 0 7 Miles NE of Snoqualmie Pass, WA (509) 213-5294
Little Giant Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 172,705 81 30 miles NW of Leavenworth, WA 509-776-6953
Luna North Cascades National Park NPS 7,879 34 10 Miles North of Newhalem, WA  
Ptarmigan Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 25,166 73 20 Miles NW of Mazama, WA 509-215-8214
Sinlahekin Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources ST 166,012 84 12 Miles W of Tonasket, WA 509-287-4942
Sisi Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 3,676 5 10 miles northwest of Stehekin, WA 509-776-6953
Three Queens Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 9,558 23 6 Miles E of Snoqualmie Pass, WA 509-213-5294

Wyoming

Fires: 1
Acres: 7,316
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Moonshine High Desert District BLM 7,316 51 17 Miles SW of Wheatland, WY (307) 295-2770

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