Firefighters are responding to 39 large fires nationwide across nine geographic areas. Assigned resources include 327 crews, 908 engines, 115 helicopters, and 13 complex incident management teams. In 2025 thus far, 42,670 fires have burned 3,613,023 acres across the country. This is above the ten-year average for this date of 35,620 fires, but remains lower than the ten-year average acreage of 4,238,361.
While the largest fires in the country are the most likely to make the news, it is important to remember that early suppression of new fire starts is always a vital objective. The vast majority of fires are contained within 24 hours of their discovery, known as the initial attack stage. These fires do not get large enough to be listed on the incident management summary report. Prepositioning firefighters and firefighting resources strategically for initial attack, especially in areas where there is an identified potential for large fire growth, is a critical consideration during the busiest part of the fire year. This must be balanced with the tremendous need for resources to fight large fires.
There are currently three fuels and fire behavior advisories set in place by the National Interagency Coordination Center, that cover areas of Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. Residents or visitors in these areas, as well as firefighting resources assigned to them, may wish to familiarize themselves with the heightened risk factors.
Are you looking for more specific fire information about the state or area where you live? Try referring to the resources for the ten geographic areas of the United States, which allow for cost effective and timely mobilization of wildland firefighting resources to incidents nationwide. This system of national coordination is one of the 2025 National Fire Year Themes.
Weather
A cold front in the West will push into the central Great Basin and central Rockies, with strong, dry west to southwest winds creating critical conditions ahead of the front from southeast Nevada and northern Arizona into much of Utah and the central Rockies. Low relative humidity of 3-15% and poor overnight recovery will persist across the southern Intermountain West, as well. As the front moves through northern Utah, southwest Wyoming, and northwest Colorado in the late afternoon and evening, a wind shift to the north is expected. Isolated dry thunderstorms will develop from the Mogollon Rim to southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico. Isolated mixed wet/dry thunderstorms will develop across southeast Arizona into southwest New Mexico. Above normal temperatures and very dry conditions will persist in southern California and begin to spread northward into northern California. In the northern half of the West, below normal temperatures with moderate relative humidity. Hot, dry, and breezy conditions are expected to increase across North Texas and central and western Oklahoma. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the Midwest and much of Florida, with more isolated thunderstorms into the Southeast. Dry conditions will persist in the Northeast overall in the Northeast, but isolated thunderstorms are possible in northern New England. Cooler conditions are expected across most of Alaska today, with showers for the western half of the state.
Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk
