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National Preparedness Level 5

as of July 18, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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August 31, 2026

Yesterday, 108 new fires were reported nationwide, including four new large fires. Firefighters are currently working to contain 93 large fires, with 22,434 firefighters and support personnel assigned to incidents nationwide. 

So far in 2026, firefighters have responded to 52,253 wildfires that have burned more than 8.2 million acres across the United States, 126% of the 10-year average for fires and 166% for acres burned. There are fuels and fire behavior advisories in place for North Central Texas, Southwest Idaho, and the Pacific Northwest. That said, yesterday, the Northwest geographic area went down to preparedness level 4 after 44 days at PL5, indicating a modest decrease in overall fire activity in a region that has been having an extremely challenging summer. Nationally, the preparedness level is still 5. 

While many wildfires in the western United States are caused by lightning strikes, human accidents are also a prime culprit. Some people walk away without putting out their campfire, while others light fireworks around dry brush and grass. These behaviors are dangerous and unlawful. You can make a difference and reduce unwanted wildland fires by reporting careless and illegal behavior. If you see something suspicious, please call the nearest law enforcement office and help protect out wildlands. 

Weather

Breezy southerly winds persist across much of the central and southern Plains, especially central/western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle where gusts up to 35 mph will create elevated to locally critical conditions amid very hot temperatures and low RH. Locally breezy winds and low RH generally 10-20% will also create elevated conditions across parts of the northern Great Basin into northeast California and southeastern Oregon. Strong westerly winds into the northern Plains with occasional gusts exceeding 40 mph across parts of eastern Montana into North Dakota. More robust monsoon moisture plume into Arizona and western New Mexico extending into much of the northern and eastern Great Basin and greater Four Corners and West Slope, resulting in scattered to numerous mixed wet/dry thunderstorms. Isolated to scatted mixed wet/dry thunderstorms east of the Divide in Colorado, southern Wyoming extending into the central Plains. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms develop over parts of central and south Texas, becoming more numerous along the Gulf Coast, Florida and southeast Atlantic coast. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response 
* New fires are identified with an asterisk		 4 States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires 93
Acres from all active fires 3,946,886
Fires contained 4
Year-to-date statistics
2026 (1/1/26-8/31/26) Fires: 52,253 Acres: 8,238,284
2025 (1/1/25-8/31/25) Fires: 46,713 Acres: 4,142,738
2024 (1/1/24-8/31/24) Fires: 33,735 Acres: 6,418,477
2023 (1/1/23-8/31/23) Fires: 39,443 Acres: 2,011,193
2022 (1/1/22-8/31/22) Fires: 48,331 Acres: 6,153,171
2021 (1/1/21-8/31/21) Fires: 42,889 Acres: 4,887,466
2020 (1/1/20-8/31/20) Fires: 39,991 Acres: 4,018,246
2019 (1/1/19-8/31/19) Fires: 33,559 Acres: 4,068,171
2018 (1/1/18-8/31/18) Fires: 43,624 Acres: 6,838,826
2017 (1/1/17-8/31/17) Fires: 46,493 Acres: 7,139,461
2016 (1/1/16-8/31/16) Fires: 40,359 Acres: 4,594,895
10-year average Year-to-Date
2016-2025 Fires: Acres:
Current Wildfires

Alaska

Fires: 1
Acres: 7,335
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Mukluk Tok Area ST 7,335 29 Two miles west of Tok, AK  

Arizona

Fires: 2
Acres: 1,883
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Campwood Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northwest District ST 1,215 82 Five miles northeast of Bagdad, AZ  
Paddy Creek Fort Apache Agency BIA 668 0 22 miles southeast of White River, AZ  

Arkansas

Fires: 1
Acres: 499
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
West Glover Ouachita National Forest USFS 499 60    

California

Fires: 4
Acres: 57,742
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
MP18     7,601 95 Two miles north of Hoopa, CA  
Plaskett Los Padres National Forest USFS 15,479 1 34 miles South of Big Sur, CA 831-285-7006
S 1 Vya Northern California District BLM 9,692 53    
Timber Los Padres National Forest USFS 24,970 21 Approximately 5 miles southeast of Big Sur, California 831-285-7006

Colorado

Fires: 4
Acres: 156,539
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 66 7 miles northwest of Lake City, Colorado 970-299-5357
Gold Mountain Grand Mesa USFS 39,744 92 2 miles North of Ouray, Colorado 970-355-3286
Willow Pike and San Isabel National Forest USFS 7,534 80 6 miles west of Leadville, CO 719-486-0749

Georgia

Fires: 1
Acres: 820
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Main Trail Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge FWS 820 65 Twelve miles southeast of Savannah, GA  

Idaho

Fires: 14
Acres: 150,230
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Cascade Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 6,800 50 Nineteen miles east of Lowell, ID 208-935-6134
Crooked Boise National Forest USFS 8,433 21 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 35 Thirty-one miles northwest of Mackay, ID  
Dudley Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 553 14 Five miles north of Wallace Idaho  
Flint Boise District BLM 6,763 65 Forty-five miles southwest of Nampa, ID  
Grotto Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 1,200 0 Twenty miles east of Lowell, ID  
Moose Mountain Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 5,486 8 Approximately 4 miles north of Kelly Forks Camp Ground 208-935-6134
Parker Lake Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 1,309 0 It is located in Long Creek Canyon 20 miles NW of Bonners Ferry, ID in the Kootenai River Valley. 208-295-5495
Porcupine Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 180 0 Approximately 7 miles NE of Clark Fork, ID. 208-557-8813
Silver Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 2,424 0 Southeast side of Silver Dollar Peak near Roman Nose. 208-266-5956
Three Links Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 760 0 Twenty miles east of Lowell, ID  
Upper Smith Idaho Panhandle National Forest USFS 4,701 42 Six miles West of Porthill, Idaho 208-295-5495
Wildhorse Twin Falls District BLM 107,562 95 Ten miles north of Kimama, ID  
Wolf Creek Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests USFS 2,280 25 Nineteen miles east of Lowell, ID 208-634-0820
Coldwater Cassia County CNTY 1,900 100 Twenty miles southwest of American Falls, ID  

Minnesota

Fires: 3
Acres: 62,652
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bear Trap Superior National Forest USFS 30,804 92 Five miles south of Lac la Croix, MN  
Sioux Superior National Forest USFS 6,833 94 Twenty miles northwest of Ely, MN  
Thumb Superior National Forest USFS 25,015 59 Five miles south of Lac la Croix, MN  

Montana

Fires: 11
Acres: 74,287
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Bobcat Lakes Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 10,784 45 12 miles east of Wisdom 406-420-1966
Camp Creek Flathead National Forest USFS 9,500 0 Within the Bob Marshall Wilderness 40 miles west of Augusta, Montana 520-282-0436
Cooper Bitterroot National Forest USFS 176 0 Twenty-two miles southwest of Conner, MT  
Deer Creek Northwestern Land Office ST 1,099 96 18 Miles W of Marion, MT (406)-420-3084
Moose Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 5,970 12 24 miles southwest of Philipsburg (406) 468-1914
Nature Grove Bitterroot National Forest USFS 991 0 13 miles east of Hamilton south of Highway 38 406-420-3096
Roe 2 Central Land Office ST 978 10 Twenty miles south of Dillon, MT  
Sand Creek Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 34,083 13 7.5 miles southeast of Wisdom, Montana (406) 420-1966
Silvertip Flathead National Forest USFS 7,246 15 Thirty miles northeast of Condon, MT 406-758-5376
Skillet Flathead National Forest USFS 3,409 82 15 miles west of Olney, MT 406-758-5200
Skull Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest USFS 51 0 Five miles east of Wisdom, MT  

Nevada

Fires: 6
Acres: 76,157
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Blue Eagle Carson City District Office BLM 9,218 45 Twenty-eight miles northwest of Austin, NV  
Calico Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest USFS 18,319 25 Twenty miles southeast of McDermitt, NV  
Forleen Elko District Office BLM 667 90 Twenty-three miles north of Wells, NV  
Hawk Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District CNTY 15,085 98 5 miles northwest of Reno, near Verdi, NV 775-244-6988
Kearny White Pine County Fire Protection District CNTY 300 60 Thirty-seven miles north of Ely, NV  
McConnell Winnemucca District Office BLM 32,568 36 3 miles east of Orovada, NV 775-432-0815

New Mexico

Fires: 5
Acres: 16,975
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* 4V Las Vegas District ST 1,000 50 Forty miles northwest of Tucumcari, NM  
Frijoles Santa Fe National Forest USFS 15,367 59 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
Mogote Ridge Carson National Forest USFS 112 40 Mogote Ridge 505-423-3001
Sunset Lincoln National Forest USFS 145 62 Five miles southwest of Arabela, NM  
Whiskey Cibola National Forest USFS 351 0 Mountainair Ranger District - Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands 505-346-3894

Oklahoma

Fires: 8
Acres: 4,091
New: 3
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Alexander Trail Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 1,400 10 Five miles west of Nashoba, OK  
Bison Osage Agency BIA 889 85 Nine miles south of Elgin, OK  
Brushy Creek Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 238 90 Seven miles northeast of Blanco, OK  
High Fence Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 250 90 Four miles northwest of Stuart, OK  
* Railroad South Anadarko Agency BIA 500 0 Three miles east of Indiahoma, OK  
South Beaver Mt Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 108 90 One mile northeast of Quinton, OK  
Wildhorse Creek Oklahoma Division of Forestry ST 106 70 One mile north of Moyers, OK  
* Wright Okmulgee Field Office BIA 600 70 Five miles southwest of Dustin, OK  

Oregon

Fires: 10
Acres: 1,197,446
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Austin Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 10,708 0 25 Miles SE of Estacada, OR 541-982-5802
Big Grass Vale District BLM 578,637 94 25 Miles SW of JORDAN VALLEY, OR 208-295-5503
Egypt Malheur National Forest USFS 4,553 82 12 Miles N of Riley, OR  
Grasshopper Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 93,953 83 14 miles SW of Dufur, OR 541-982-5802
Hagen Umatilla National Forest USFS 60,975 45 26 Miles East of Pendleton, OR 541-970-7128
McCully Wallowa-Whitman National Forest USFS 9,934 2 22 miles northwest of Baker City, Oregon 541-712-8905
Paradise Umatilla National Forest USFS 9,329 15 18 Miles E of Milton-Freewater, Oregon 541-970-7128
Rowe Creek Complex Prineville District BLM 373,927 92 10 Miles S of Fossil, OR 541-800-1280
The Narrows Mt. Hood National Forest USFS 296 11 Fifteen miles southeast of Estacada, OR  
Wrights Spring Fremont-Winema National Forest USFS 55,134 90 2 Miles W of Sprague River OR 541-712-4438
Rosenbaum Fossil Unit ST 483 100 10 Miles NW of Spray, OR (503) 877-4580

Texas

Fires: 4
Acres: 91,172
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
McKee Draw Texas A & M Forest Service ST 3,444 65 Approximately 18 miles southeast of Sonora, Texas 979-255-0591
Ross Texas A & M Forest Service ST 85,303 31 Approximately 1 miles west of Palo Pinto, Texas 940-328-9158
Sandy Texas A & M Forest Service ST 1,500 40 Approximately 12 miles northeast of Raymondville, Texas 979-255-0591
West Fork Texas A & M Forest Service ST 925 80 Approximately 10 miles southwest of Roosevelt, Texas 979-255-0591
Whitetail Texas A & M Forest Service ST 494 100 Approximately 13 miles west of Rocksprings, Texas 979-255-0591

Utah

Fires: 4
Acres: 23,031
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Black Canyon Manti-Lasal National Forest USFS 3,264 90 29 miles SW of Price, UT 435-485-5631
Brushy Canyon Bear River Area ST 10,002 85 Four miles north of Promontory, UT  
Slough Canyon Uintah and Ouray Agency BIA 4,774 34 41 Miles E of Price, UT 435-459-0935
Tom Creek     4,991 80 Ten miles south of Dugway, UT  
Teddy Valley Southwest Area ST 361 100 Eight miles southwest of Beaver, UT  

Washington

Fires: 14
Acres: 523,568
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Border 2 North Cascades National Park NPS 7,633 73 20 Miles NE of Marblemount, WA  
Electric Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest USFS 500 0 7 Miles N of Marblemount, WA  
Goat Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 707 0 15 Miles N of Ronald, WA  
Grand Park 2 Mount Rainier National Park NPS 168 88 Seven miles southwest of Snoquera, WA 509-348-7539
High Lava Gifford Pinchot National Forest USFS 2,894 30 11 Miles NW of Stabler, WA  
Kaiser Canyon Colville Agency BIA 138,293 98 One mile south of Nespelem, WA 509-800-8123
King Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 2,326 0 7 Miles NE of Snoqualmie Pass, WA (509) 213-5294
Little Giant Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 163,089 49 30 miles NW of Leavenworth, WA 509-776-6953
Luna North Cascades National Park NPS 5,470 27 10 Miles North of Newhalem, WA  
Ptarmigan Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 25,166 55 20 Miles NW of Mazama, WA 509-215-8214
Sinlahekin Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources ST 166,413 40 12 Miles W of Tonasket, WA 509-287-4942
Sisi Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 1,794 0 10 miles northwest of Stehekin, WA 509-776-6953
Three Queens Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest USFS 8,742 5 6 Miles E of Snoqualmie Pass, WA 509-213-5294
Wonderland Complex Mount Rainier National Park NPS 373 0 9 Miles SE of Snoquera, WA 509-348-7539

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