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as of June 21 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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July 4, 2025

Happy Fourth of July! Whether you're enjoying a backyard BBQ or heading into the hills, let’s keep the celebration safe. This holiday, swap sparklers for glow sticks and campfire stories for LED lanterns. One small spark can lead to a wildfire, but one smart choice can prevent it. Fireworks, campfires, target shooting, vehicles, and even grills can all pose a risk. Know before you go, follow local fire restrictions, and help us protect our landscapes and the people who call them home.

Today is also Day 5 of the Week of Remembrance, where we honor Michael “Mikey” Hallenbeck, who lost his life in 2015 after being struck by a falling tree on the Sierra Fire. His story reminds us that risk is always present, and that speaking up, checking in, and planning ahead are vital parts of every mission. Honor the fallen by applying the lessons learned. Read more here.

Across the country, five new large fires were reported, with 31 still uncontained and 66 being managed under a strategy other than full suppression. More than 7,300 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents nationwide, including one incident management team and 62 overhead personnel assisting with large fire support in Canada. This international collaboration is a reminder that fire knows no borders, and neither does our commitment to help where it’s needed most.

The 2025 National Fire Year Themes emphasize safety, innovation, shared responsibility, and connection. These values remind us that it truly takes all of us to face wildfires together and protect what we value for tomorrow.

Wildfire activity is increasing across several regions, with July bringing above normal potential in the Great Basin, Southwest, Northern Rockies, and parts of California and the Northwest. In southwest Utah, critically dry grasses and shrubs are fueling fast-moving fires. Learn more by checking out the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook and the Southwest Utah Advisory.

Weather

Scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will be ongoing this morning across eastern Oregon and the northern Great Basin and become wetter as they move into central and western Montana this afternoon. Isolated mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon in southeast Oregon and southwest Idaho. Breezy and dry southwest sustained winds 15-25 mph with gusts to 40 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 5-15% will develop across much of Nevada into western Utah and northwest Arizona creating widespread elevated to critical conditions. and portions of northern California once again. A more stable airmass will move into the Southwest, eastern Utah, and Colorado curtailing thunderstorm development, but relative humidity will remain elevated. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Upper Mississippi Valley today, with scattered thunderstorms into the central Plains. In Alaska, another day of hot, dry, and breezy conditions are expected across the Interior with maximum temperatures of 80-95°F, minimum relative humidity as low as 15%, and east winds of 10-18 mph. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response


* New fires are identified with an asterisk 		7 States currently reporting large fires:
Total number of large fires under full suppression strategies 81
Acres from all active fires 462,144
Fires contained 1
Year-to-date statistics
2025 (1/1/25-7/04/25) Fires: 35,083 Acres: 1,815,545
2024 (1/1/24-7/04/24) Fires: 16,905 Acres: 2,756,661
2023 (1/1/23-7/04/23) Fires: 24,534 Acres: 689,241
2022 (1/1/22-7/04/22) Fires: 34,478 Acres: 4,582,301
2021 (1/1/21-7/04/21) Fires: 31,509 Acres: 1,546,500
2020 (1/1/20-7/04/20) Fires: 25,263 Acres: 1,490,356
2019 (1/1/19-7/04/19) Fires: 20,443 Acres: 1,233,699
2018 (1/1/18-7/04/18) Fires: 30,296 Acres: 2,809,063
2017 (1/1/17-7/04/17) Fires: 30,998 Acres: 3,052,692
2016 (1/1/16-7/04/16) Fires: 26,510 Acres: 2,303,317
2015 (1/1/15-7/04/15) Fires: 29,925 Acres: 2,923,734
10-year average Year-to-Date
2015-2024 Fires: 27,249 Acres: 2,291,637
Current Wildfires

Alaska

Fires: 59
Acres: 261,908
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Aggie Creek Fairbanks Area ST 14,951 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 28,652 4 14 Miles NW of Healy, Alaska 907-318-2018
Boulder Creek Fairbanks Area ST 3,887 0
Bronx Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 617 0 Eighty-eight miles northeast of Atqasuk, AK
Buckley Bar Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 2,302 0 Thirty-three miles south of Circle, AK
Chabanika Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,469 0 Twenty-eight miles northwest of Allakaket, AK
Chicken Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,556 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 12 miles southwest of Kallands, AK
Christian Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 3,108 0 Started on FWS land 50 miles northeast of Venetie, AK
Dry Creek Fairbanks Area ST 3,301 0 Thirty-three miles southwest of Salcha, AK
Easter Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 471 0 Started on NPS land 58 miles west of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK
Forty Mile Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 307 85 Started on FWS land 26 miles southeast of Beaver, AK
Help Me Jack Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 3,182 0 Started on DNR land 45 miles northwest of Allakaket, AK
Himalaya Road Fairbanks Area ST 4,656 0 12 Miles NW of Fox, AK 907-921-7881
Hogatza Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 10,717 0
Ikpikpuk Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,995 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 4,385 0 Started on NPS land 53 miles northeast of Eagle, AK
Kawichiark 1 Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 4,625 0 Started on FWS land 33 miles southwest of Shungnak, AK
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 2,757 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 12,849 50 Started on Alaska Native Corporation land 4 miles west of Rampart, AK
Mashooshalluk Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 316 0 Started on NPS land 30 miles northeast of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK
McAdams Creek Fairbanks Area ST 193 0
McArthur Creek Tok Area ST 7,123 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 40 miles east of Tetlin, AK
Meadow Creek Southwest Area ST 19,373 0
Michigan Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,534 0 Twenty-two miles west of Wiseman, AK
Moran Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 5,983 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 27 miles northwest of Tanana, AK
Nelchina Glacier Valdez-Copper River Area ST 3,920 0
Ninety-Eight Alaska Fire Service - Military Zone BLM 10,544 17 Started on DOD land 25 miles northeast of Salcha, AK
Nowitna Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,613 0 Fifty-six miles northwest of Telida, AK
Obrien Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 650 0 Twenty-four miles southeast of Livengood, AK
Ophir Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 729 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 93 Nine miles south of Crooked Creek, AK
Our Creek Southwest Area ST 503 0 Fifty-eight miles north of McGrath, AK
Pilot Creek Southwest Area ST 3,694 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
Racquet Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 701 0 Seventy-four miles northwest of Chalkyitsik, AK
Ricks Creek Fairbanks Area ST 2,737 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 62 miles northeast of Salcha, AK
Ridgeline Tok Area ST 4,755 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 48 miles east of Tok, AK
River Trail Tok Area ST 22,363 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
Runt Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 1,217 0 Eighty-seven miles southwest of Circle, AK
Salmon Trout Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 1,207 0 Started on FWS land 60 miles south of Chalkyitsik, AK
Sand Lake Delta Area ST 4,821 0 Forty-four miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK
Shortcut Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 530 0
Susulatna Southwest Area ST 3,031 0 Started on Alaska DNR land 59 miles northwest of Nikolai, AK
Susulatna Hills Southwest Area ST 8,711 0
Tagagawik Alaska Fire Service - Galena Zone BLM 1,378 0
Takoma Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 2,877 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
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 38 Started on Alaska DNR land 10 miles southwest of Tok, AK
Twelve Mile Lake Delta Area ST 18,121 0 Thirty-seven miles southeast of Delta Junction, AK
Williams Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 1,171 0 Nine miles west of Tyonek, AK
Wolf Alaska Fire Service - Tanana Zone BLM 2,022 0 Started on DNR land 54 miles northeast of Ruby, AK
Yellow Alaska Fire Service - Upper Yukon Zone BLM 1,589 0 Forty-three miles southwest of Birch Creek, AK

Arizona

Fires: 2
Acres: 11,414
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Juniper Phoenix District Office BLM 600 0 Five miles west of Black Canyon City, AZ
Oak Ridge Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management BIA 10,814 26 Five miles southwest of Window Rock, AZ

California

Fires: 6
Acres: 74,223
New: 3
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Green Shasta-Trinity National Forest USFS 363 0 Thirteen miles east of Lakehead, CA
* Helena Shasta-Trinity National Forest USFS 125 0 Two miles north of Helena, CA
* Horse Shasta-Trinity National Forest USFS 385 12 Nine miles southwest of Lakehead, CA
Madre Los Padres National Forest USFS 70,800 10 Twenty-five miles north of Huasna, CA 805-895-0841
Marble Complex Klamath National Forest USFS 163 0 Sixteen miles west of Etna, CA
Wolf Riverside Unit ST 2,387 75 Two miles south of Banning, CA

Idaho

Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Clover Creek Twin Falls District BLM 870 100 Twenty-three miles south of Hammett, ID

Montana

Fires: 2
Acres: 3,360
New: 2
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Miller Creek Custer County ST 560 0 Thirty miles southwest of Miles City, MT
* Wilder North Central Montana District BLM 2,800 0 Twenty-seven miles northeast of Roy, MT

Nevada

Fires: 3
Acres: 18,315
New: 2
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Barber Winnemucca District Office BLM 10,000 10 Eleven miles south of Winnemucca, NV
* Bartlett Winnemucca District Office BLM 2,000 10 Sixty miles northwest of Winnemucca, NV
Mount Irish Ely District Office BLM 6,315 0 Twenty miles northwest of Alamo, NV

New Mexico

Fires: 3
Acres: 49,074
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Laguna Santa Fe National Forest USFS 1,300 12 Eight miles north of Gallina, NM 505-607-0879
Trout Gila National Forest USFS 47,294 85 Twelve miles north of Silver City, NM 575-323-8964
Turkey Feather Gila National Forest USFS 480 0 Twenty-two miles southeast of Reserve, NM

Oregon

Fires: 2
Acres: 2,208
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Black Canyon Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex FWS 1,584 80 Fifteen miles east of Plush, OR
Grizzly Flat Prineville Unit ST 624 70 Twelve miles northeast of Prineville, OR

Utah

Fires: 1
Acres: 34,942
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Forsyth Dixie National Forest USFS 13, 597 47 Pine Valley (435) 280-2263
France Canyon Dixie National Forest USFS 34,942 84 Seven miles southeast of Hatch, UT (435) 258-9909

Washington

Fires: 2
Acres: 3,903
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Apple Acres Spokane District BLM 3,221 50 Five miles south of Pateros, WA
Siegel Northeast Region-Department of Natural Resources ST 682 10 Fourteen miles south of Cheney, WA (509) 800-7550

Wyoming

Fires: 1
Acres: 2,797
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Horse Bridger-Teton National Forest USFS 2,797 70 Seven miles west of Merna, WY 307-739-5564

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