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July 1, 2025

As we move into Independence Day week, it’s a time to celebrate safely and remember why it matters. Fireworks and wildlands don’t mix. A single firework landing in dry grass can spark a wildfire that spreads in seconds. Every year, we see preventable fires caused by fireworks, some threatening homes, wildlife habitat, and even firefighters themselves. Fireworks are never allowed on public lands, and we urge everyone to celebrate responsibly.

Today marks Day 2 of the Week of Remembrance. We honor Terry Sonner, who passed away in 2015, by focusing on recognizing sudden illness and preparing for emergencies on the fireline.  Learn more about today’s focus and the firefighters we remember.

Wildfire activity remains high across the country, with 86 large fires actively burning and three new ones reported today. Of these, 68 are being managed under a strategy other than full suppression. While the total number of acres burned is just under 1.8 million, the number of fires we’ve seen this year is above average, underscoring the importance of early action, prevention, and public awareness.

Drone incursions continue to be a growing concern. So far this year, 23 unauthorized drones have entered wildfire airspace, more than double the number at this time last year. When drones are spotted, firefighting aircraft are grounded for safety, slowing suppression efforts. Before you launch, know before you fly. Recreational drones are never allowed near wildfires.

Two U.S. incident management teams and 91 overhead personnel are currently supporting Canadian wildfire operations. It’s a reminder that wildfire knows no borders and neither does our commitment to cooperation. Learn more about how the United States is supporting Canada.

In southwest Utah, a new fuels and fire behavior advisory warns of very high fire danger. Fine fuels are extremely dry and continuous across the landscape, and recent lightning ignitions have shown rapid rates of spread. If you live, work, or recreate in the area, now is the time to stay alert and practice extra caution. Read the advisory for details.

This fire year, we’re leaning into the 2025 National Fire Year Themes: safety, innovation, and shared responsibility. It takes all of us to protect what we value most.

Weather

A cold front will continue to trek eastward across the eastern US on Tuesday, while high pressure shifts east of the Four Corners allowing for a weak stream of mid to high level moisture into the Southwest, Great Basin, and central Rockies. This will result in shower and thunderstorm activity increasing across these regions, with a mix of wet and dry thunderstorms. A mix of wet and dry thunderstorms are expected across interior Oregon and northern California today, with a few storms ongoing across northern California this morning. Overall, dry thunderstorms are most likely across portions of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Western Wyoming, eastern Idaho and into portions of Oregon and northern California. Cumulus buildups and virga will increase gusty afternoon winds across the entire inland western US due to outflows. Nocturnal showers and thunderstorms are likely across Nevada, Utah, and Arizona tonight, with thunderstorms expected to diminish everywhere but Nevada by Wednesday morning. In addition, well above normal temperatures are expected across the Great Basin with afternoon RH in the single digits and teens. A warming and drying trend continues across the Alaska Interior, with isolated showers and thunderstorms remaining possible in the eastern Interior and eastern Brooks Range. 

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 firess 80
Acres from all active fires 344,888
Fires contained 1
Year-to-date statistics
2025 (1/1/25-7/01/25) Fires: 34,211 Acres: 1,794,536
2024 (1/1/24-7/01/24) Fires: 16,503 Acres: 2,601,477
2023 (1/1/23-7/01/23) Fires: 23,986 Acres: 677,301
2022 (1/1/22-7/01/22) Fires: 34,008 Acres: 4,122,574
2021 (1/1/21-7/01/21) Fires: 30,876 Acres: 1,466,343
2020 (1/1/20-7/01/20) Fires: 24,533 Acres: 1,457,463
2019 (1/1/19-7/01/19) Fires: 19,667 Acres: 1,068,210
2018 (1/1/18-7/01/18) Fires: 29,111 Acres: 2,534,701
2017 (1/1/17-7/01/17) Fires: 30,247 Acres: 2,855,889
2016 (1/1/16-7/01/16) Fires: 25,940 Acres: 2,140,425
2015 (1/1/15-7/01/15) Fires: 28,078 Acres: 2,265,750
10-year average Year-to-Date
2015-2024 Fires: 26,611 Acres: 2,015,753
Current Wildfires

Alaska

Fires: 68
Acres: 294,365
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Aggie Creek Fairbanks Area ST 2,797 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 23 miles northwest of Fairbanks, AK 907-921-7881
Aniralik Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 4,906 0 Started on private property 91 miles northwest of Ambler, AK  
Bear Creek Fairbanks Area ST 28,270 0 14 Miles NW of Healy, Alaska 907-318-2018
Boulder Creek Fairbanks Area ST 1,222 0    
Buckley Bar Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 2,140 0 Thirty-three miles south of Circle, AK  
Chabanika Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,476 0 Twenty-eight miles northwest of Allakaket, AK  
Chicken Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,547 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 12 miles southwest of Kallands, AK  
Christian Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 3,062 0 Started on FWS land 50 miles northeast of Venetie, AK  
Dry Creek Fairbanks Area ST 2,961 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK  
Easter Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 543 0 Started on NPS land 58 miles west of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK  
Help Me Jack Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,973 0 Started on DNR land 45 miles northwest of Allakaket, AK  
Himalaya Road Fairbanks Area ST 3,543 0 12 Miles NW of Fox, AK 907-921-7881
Hogatza Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 10,697 0    
Ikpikpuk Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,996 0 Ninety miles northwest of Atqasuk, AK  
Kalusuk Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,062 0 Forty-five miles southeast of Buckland, AK  
Kandik Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 4,200 0 Started on NPS land 53 miles northeast of Eagle, AK  
Kawichiark 1 Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 4,539 0 Started on FWS land 33 miles southwest of Shungnak, AK  
Kechumstuck Creek Tok Area ST 12,417 0    
Kerulu Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,646 0 Started on FWS land 30 miles south of Shungnak, AK  
Klikhtentotzna Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,724 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 39 miles north of Hughes, AK  
Lake Mansfield Tok Area ST 688 0 Twenty-six miles northwest of Tok, AK  
Lush Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 12,039 40 Started on Alaska Native Corporation land 4 miles west of Rampart, AK  
Marshall Mountain Fairbanks Area ST 300 0 Thirty miles east of Eielson Air Force Base, AK  
Mashooshalluk Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 324 0 Started on NPS land 30 miles northeast of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK  
McAdams Creek Fairbanks Area ST 193 0    
McArthur Creek Tok Area ST 5,465 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 40 miles east of Tetlin, AK  
Meadow Creek Southwest Area ST 15,184 0    
Michigan Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,534 0 Twenty-two miles west of Wiseman, AK  
Monte Cristo Creek Fairbanks Area ST 440 0    
Moran Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 3,866 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 27 miles northwest of Tanana, AK  
Nelchina Glacier Valdez-Copper River Area ST 3,800 0    
Nenana Ridge Complex Fairbanks Area ST 8,740 0    
Ninety-Eight Alaska Fire Service - Military Zone BLM 5,028 0 Started on DOD land 25 miles northeast of Salcha, AK  
Northsouth Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 400 0 Started on FWS land 50 miles northwest of Huslia, AK  
Nowitna Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,456 0 Fifty-six miles northwest of Telida, AK  
Obrien Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 583 0 Twenty-four miles southeast of Livengood, AK  
Ophir Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 325 0 Thirty miles northeast of Chatanika, AK  
Orum Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 4,701 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 30 miles southwest of Rampart, AK  
Oskawalik Southwest Area ST 1,779 85 Nine miles south of Crooked Creek, AK  
Otter Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 110 90    
Our Creek Southwest Area ST 396 0 Fifty-eight miles north of McGrath, AK  
Pilot Creek Southwest Area ST 3,301 4 Started on Alaska DNR land 74 miles north of McGrath, AK  
Porphyry Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 2,641 0 Started on state land 19 miles southeast of Chicken, AK  
Ptarmigan Complex Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 21,665 5 Two miles south of Central, AK  
Racquet Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 601 0 Seventy-four miles northwest of Chalkyitsik, AK  
Ricks Creek Fairbanks Area ST 707 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 62 miles northeast of Salcha, AK  
Ridgeline Tok Area ST 4,584 1 Started on Alaska DNR land 48 miles east of Tok, AK  
River Trail Tok Area ST 19,939 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 32 miles northeast of Tok, AK  
Rocky Bottom Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 941 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 25 miles northwest of Alatna, AK  
Roundabout Complex Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 14,302 8 Started on FWS land 8 miles southwest of Huslia, AK  
Runt Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 463 0 Eighty-seven miles southwest of Circle, AK  
Saint George Creek Fairbanks Area ST 11,929 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK  
Salmon Trout Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 694 0 Started on FWS land 60 miles south of Chalkyitsik, AK  
Sand Lake Delta Area ST 4,878 0 Forty-four miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK  
Seven Mile Lookout Tok Area ST 3,120 0 Started on Alaska DNR land seven miles southwest of Tok, AK  
Shortcut Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 530 0    
Susulatna Southwest Area ST 2,635 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 59 miles northwest of Nikolai, AK  
Susulatna Hills Southwest Area ST 7,415 0    
Tagagawik Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,378 0    
Takoma Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 2,082 0 Started on Alaska, DNR land 26 miles west of Central, AK  
Tallowpot Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 854 0 Started on NPS land 35 miles northeast of Deering, AK  
Tango Southwest Area ST 512 0    
Tetilesook Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,172 0 Started on FWS land 25 miles east of Kiana, AK  
* Tok River Tok Area ST 325 34 Started on Alaska DNR land 10 miles southwest of Tok, AK  
Twelve Mile Lake Delta Area ST 18,744 0 Thirty-seven miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK  
Williams Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,104 0 Nine miles west of Tyonek, AK  
Wolf Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,414 30 Started on DNR land 54 miles northeast of Ruby, AK  
Yellow Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 1,363 0 Forty-three miles southwest of Birch Creek, AK  

Arizona

Fires: 2
Acres: 8,823
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bridge Creek Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management BIA 2,278 0 Fifty-five miles northwest of Page, AZ  
Oak Ridge Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management BIA 6,545 0 Five miles southwest of Window Rock, AZ  

California

Fires: 2
Acres: 1,174
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Juniper Riverside Unit ST 689 30 Eleven miles west of Gavilan Hills, CA 530-233-8847
Lake San Bernardino Unit ST 485 40 Twenty miles southwest of Silverwood Lake, CA 213-631-5455

Colorado

Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Horse Draw White River Field Office BLM 748 100 Twenty miles east of Dinosaur, CO  

Montana

Fires: 1
Acres: 493
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Jericho Mountain Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest USFS 493 89 Fourteen miles southwest of 406-708-8501

New Mexico

Fires: 2
Acres: 47,779
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Rainbow Springs Zuni Agency BIA 485 90 Twenty-two miles southwest of Zuni Pueblo, NM  
Trout Gila National Forest USFS 47,294 83 Twelve miles north of Silver City, NM 575-323-8964

Utah

Fires: 2
Acres: 45,829
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Forsyth Dixie National Forest USFS 12,851 32 Thirty miles north of St (435) 280-2263
France Canyon Dixie National Forest USFS 32,978 37 Seven miles southeast of Hatch, UT (435) 258-9909

Washington

Fires: 1
Acres: 1,633
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Pomas Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 1,633 0 Thirty-six miles northwest of Entiat, WA 509-596-1421

Wyoming

Fires: 2
Acres: 3,924
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Horse Bridger-Teton National Forest USFS 2,677 59 Seven miles west of Merna, WY 307-739-5564
* Taylor Draw High Desert District BLM 1,247 25 Sixteen miles west of Hanna, WY  

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