|
|
as of October 4 at 12 pm MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are |
||
March 15, 2019 Six new large fires were reported in the Southern Area. Firefighters contained four large fires. Weather: High pressure over the West will begin to weaken Friday as a weak cold front moves on shore into northern California and the Pacific Northwest. However, temperatures will remain near normal. Unlike previous systems, this system is not expected to produce much precipitation. As the system crosses the Continental Divide on Sunday, it will strengthen over the Northern Great Plains. This will create breezy and dry conditions along the Mexican Border with New Mexico and Texas beginning Monday. Another ridge of high pressure will move into the West behind the system on Monday and will continue the gradual, seasonal warming process on Monday. By Wednesday and Thursday, expect warm and dry conditions across nearly the entire West as the high pressure ridge slowly moves east, weakening as another cold front begins to approach the West Coast. In the east, look for a cooling trend to begin mid-week as the western trough strengthens and begins to move toward the lower Mississippi River Valley. |
||
| Daily statistics 3/8/19 | ||
| Number of new large fires or emergency response | 6 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
3 | Oklahoma (1) |
| Acres from active fires | 5,399 | |
| Fires contained | 4 | |
| Year-to-date statistics | ||
| 2019 (1/1/18 - 3/8/19) | Fires: 2,780 | Acres: 53,164 |
| 2018 (1/1/17 - 3/8/18) | Fires: 8,713 | Acres: 287,630 |
| 2017 (1/1/16 - 3/8/17) | Fires: 10,608 | Acres: 2,059,102 |
| 2016 (1/1/15 - 3/8/16) | Fires: 6,248 | Acres: 279,367 |
| 2015 (1/1/14 - 3/8/15) | Fires: 6,827 | Acres: 104,029 |
| 2014 (1/1/13 - 3/8/14) | Fires: 8,316 | Acres: 103,721 |
| 2013 (1/1/12 - 3/8/13) | Fires: 4,375 | Acres: 48,860 |
| 2012 (1/1/11 - 3/8/12) | Fires: 7,085 | Acres: 128,647 |
| 2011 (1/1/10 - 3/8/11) | Fires: 12,041 | Acres: 395,552 |
| 2010 (1/1/09 - 3/8/10) | Fires: 5,358 | Acres: 80,106 |
| 2009 (1/1/08 - 3/8/09) | Fires: 17,350 | Acres: 428,542 |
| 10-year average Year-to-Date | ||
| 2009-2018 | Fires: 8,604 | Acres: 341,501 |
| Current Wildfires | ||||||
| Fire | Unit | Agency | Size | % Ctn | Location | Information |
| Arizona | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | New: 0 | Contained: 1 | ||
| Benton | Coronado National Forest | FS | 565 | 100 | 20 miles east of Nogalez | |
| Kentucky | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | New: 1 | Contained: 1 | ||
| * Puncheon Creek | Department of Forestry | ST | 110 | 100 | ||
| Mississippi | Fires: 0 | Acres: 0 | New: 1 | Contained: 1 | ||
| * 8 Mile | National Forests of Mississippi | FS | 410 | 100 | ||
| Oklahoma | Fires: 1 | Acres: 415 | New: 2 | Contained: 1 | ||
| * Lacey | Department of Forestry | ST | 415 | 85 | 8 miles west of Custer City | |
| * WMA | Department of Forestry | ST | 404 | 100 | ||
| Texas | Fires: 2 | Acres: 4,984 | New: 2 | Contained: 0 | ||
| * Boone 283 | Texas A&M Forest Service | ST | 2,284 | 95 | 3 miles north of Miami | |
| * Bugbee | Texas A&M Forest Service | ST | 2,700 | 80 | 6 miles northwest of Sanford | |