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August 1, 2023 - Nationally, 56 large fires burned 339,359 acres in nine states. One new large fire was reported in Arizona. More than 11,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are 
assigned to incidents across the country.
So far in 2023, 30,466 wildfires have burned 1,174,562 acres in the United States. Lightning has ignited about 2,500 wildfires. More than 27,850 wildfires have been caused by people. The states with the most human-caused wildfires are California, North Carolina, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. As hot and dry conditions continue across the country, wildland firefighters need you to do your part. Please #RecreateResponsively and learn about fire prevention to reduce and mitigate the effects of human-caused wildfires.
The United States continues to support fire suppression efforts in Canada. Since May 8, the U.S. has mobilized a total of 2,235 personnel to Canada which includes: 73 fire suppression crews (1,511 personnel), 216 individual overhead, 119 smokejumpers and 11 smokejumper spotters, two helicopters with 29 rappellers, 20 engines (94 personnel), and 22 incident management teams (255 personnel).
To learn more about the significant fire potential in your area, check the Outlooks from the National Interagency Coordination Center Predicted Services.
Locally breezy and very dry conditions amid above normal temperatures will continue across much of the northern Intermountain West, with minimum relative humidity of 5-18% and poor overnight recovery. Hot temperatures will continue in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Lower Mississippi Valley, and southerly sustained winds 12-20 mph across Texas will create areas of elevated fire weather conditions as well. Monsoon moisture will continue to move north into the central and eastern Great Basin and central Rockies, with scattered to widespread mainly wet thunderstorms. Drier westerly flow is forecast across southern California into the Southwest, with isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms. Scattered thunderstorms will develop from the northern and central Plains into the Mid-Mississippi Valley, and along the Southeast coast into Florida. Well above normal temperatures are forecast for Interior and south-central Alaska, with thunderstorms for the far eastern Interior and Copper River Basin.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
1 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
56 | |
| Acres from active fires | 339,359 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2023 (1/1/23-8/01/23) | Fires: 30,466 | Acres: 1,174,562 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/01/22) | Fires: 19,226 | Acres: 5,757,504 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/01/21) | Fires: 37,803 | Acres: 3,014,811 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/01/20) | Fires: 32,059 | Acres: 2,117,694 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/01/19) | Fires: 26,715 | Acres: 3,328,099 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/01/18) | Fires: 38,079 | Acres: 4,854,943 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/01/17) | Fires: 39,227 | Acres: 5,639,919 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/01/16) | Fires: 34,391 | Acres: 3,529,739 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/01/15) | Fires: 35,782 | Acres: 5,650,307 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/01/14) | Fires: 33,720 | Acres: 1,651,320 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/01/13) | Fires: 28,016 | Acres: 2,336,185 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2013-2022 | Fires: 34,298 | Acres: 3,752,945 |
Source: NIFC
