September 18, 2026
Yesterday, initial attack was light with 53 new fires reported nationwide, including two new large incidents. Firefighters are currently working to contain 50 uncontained large fires across the country. There are over 12,000 personnel assigned to incidents, including 229 crews, 625 engines, and 70 helicopters.
Year-to-date, 56,289 fires have burned more than 8.5 million acres, 126% of the 10-year average number of fires and 146% of the average acres burned for this date.
Wildland fire response doesn't stop on the weekends. Firefighters, dispatchers, aviation crews, and support staff remain on duty to respond to new starts and ongoing incidents. If recreation and travel plans are on your list this weekend, make prevention and awareness a top priority. Staying fire-safe helps protect firefighters, communities, and the places where people gather to enjoy time outdoors.
Weather
Hot temperatures with highs near 100°F continue across the southern Plains and Mid-Mississippi Valley today, and widespread above normal temperatures will spread east into the southern Appalachians. Minimum relative humidity is expected to be 20-35% from the southern Plains to the Lower Mississippi Valley, with breezy south winds of 15-20 mph in the southern Plains creating areas of elevated conditions. Relative humidity will remain low in the Mojave Desert to southern Nevada today, but winds will be lighter than the past two days and generally near or less than 10 mph. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop in central Idaho to the northern Rockies, while abundant cloud cover continues in the Greater Four Corners with isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Cool temperatures will continue in California while temperatures remain slightly above normal in Washington.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response New fires are identified with an asterisk
2
States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires
50
Acres from all active fires
1,292,408
Fires contained
6
Year-to-date statistics
2026 (1/1/26-9/18/26)
Fires: 56,289
Acres: 8,523,213
2025 (1/1/25-9/18/25)
Fires: 50,328
Acres: 4,438,417
2024 (1/1/24-9/18/24)
Fires: 37,342
Acres: 7,330,640
2023 (1/1/23-9/18/23)
Fires: 43,085
Acres: 2,192,903
2022 (1/1/22-9/18/22)
Fires: 51,169
Acres: 6,789,438
2021 (1/1/21-9/18/21)
Fires: 45,056
Acres: 5,628,846
2020 (1/1/20-9/18/20)
Fires: 42,866
Acres: 7,236,139
2019 (1/1/19-9/18/19)
Fires: 37,715
Acres: 4,343,105
2018 (1/1/18-9/18/18)
Fires: 48,177
Acres: 7,310,798
2017 (1/1/17-9/18/17)
Fires: 49,840
Acres: 8,530,183
2016 (1/1/16-9/18/16)
Fires: 43,511
Acres: 4,798,163
10-year average Year-to-Date
2016-2025
Fires: 44,745
Acres: 5,823,577
Current Wildfires
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Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Bunker
Arkansas Forestry Commission
ST
2,849
75
Two miles east of East Camden, AR
* Shell Rock
Ouachita National Forest
USFS
144
100
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Dome Yosemite National Park
NPS
1,177
10
North of Wawona Dome
Floriston
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit
ST
640
8
Ten miles northeast of Truckee, CA
Lucas
Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit
ST
4,128
67
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
59
Approximately 4 miles southeast of Big Sur, California
831-285-7006
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
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
Crooked Boise National Forest
USFS
10,081
98
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
70
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
Cole
Boise District
BLM
417
100
Fourteen miles south of Boise, ID
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
Davis Coulee Crow Agency
BIA
15,470
50
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
Cooper
Bitterroot National Forest
USFS
354
100
Twenty-two miles southwest of Conner, MT
Scimitar
Bitterroot National Forest
USFS
463
100
Twenty-nine miles southwest of Conner, MT
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
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Black Kettle
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
ST
1,527
94
Four miles southeast of Roll, OK
Calvary Creek
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
ST
906
85
Four miles east of Rocky, OK
Gracemont
Anadarko Agency
BIA
2,665
30
Six miles east of Binger, OK
Tram Trail
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
ST
660
70
Six miles northeast of Rattan, OK
Atoka Lake
Oklahoma Division of Forestry
ST
727
100
Two miles northeast of Atoka, OK
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Austin Mt. Hood National Forest
USFS
12,866
98
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
61,382
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
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
* Breezy Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
500
75
Approximately 8 miles northeast of Rio Grande City, Texas
979-255-0591
Clark Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
1,523
35
Approximately 10 miles southwest of Rocksprings, Texas
979-255-0591
Dry River Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
8,939
40
6 miles southwest of Sonora, Texas
979-255-0591
Hydra Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
1,100
35
Approximately 6 miles south of Meridian, Texas
979-255-0591
Lobo Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
658
91
3 miles northeast of Cisco, Texas
979-255-0591
Star Lake
McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
FWS
16,412
75
Sixteen miles southeast of Stowell, TX
Bundy
Texas A & M Forest Service
ST
446
100
Ten miles southeast of Telegraph, TX
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
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Border 2 North Cascades National Park
NPS
8,284
70
20 Miles NE of Marblemount, WA
Goat Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
USFS
815
64
15 Miles N of Ronald, WA
King Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
USFS
3,304
0
7 Miles NE of Snoqualmie Pass, WA
(509) 213-5294
Little Giant Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
USFS
172,814
81
30 miles NW of Leavenworth, WA
509-776-6953
Luna North Cascades National Park
NPS
7,879
53
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
3,691
15
10 miles northwest of Stehekin, WA
509-776-6953
Three Queens Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
USFS
9,562
23
6 Miles E of Snoqualmie Pass, WA
509-213-5294
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information
Moonshine High Desert District
BLM
7,320
51
17 Miles SW of Wheatland, WY
(307) 295-2770
