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August 20, 2023 - Currently 93 wildfires have burned 626,755 acres in 16 states. More than 14,400 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the United States. six new large fires were reported yesterday, two in Mississippi, and California, Idaho, Montana and Washington each had one.
Since January 1, 36,146 wildfires have burned 1,751,041 acres. This is still below the 10-year average of 38,494 wildfires and 4.6 million acres burned.
A Type 1 incident management team is mobilizing to Hawaii to assist with wildfire suppression efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work closely with state and local agencies on Maui. For more information, please visit the following websites:
- County of Maui Disaster Update
- Hawaii Emergency Management Agency emergency proclamation relating to wildfires and travel to Maui
- FEMA - Hawaii wildfires
The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook and other valuable resources are available on the National Interagency Coordination Center website. Listen to the latest wildland fire potential outlook and the monthly seasonal outlook podcast for August through November.
The remnants of Hilary will bring torrential rainfall and potentially catastrophic flooding to southern California and portions of Nevada, along with high winds. Lighter but widespread rainfall will also overspread the remainder of the western Great Basin and into eastern Oregon and the Northern Rockies, bringing a significant moderation in fire weather conditions. Temperatures will also trend much cooler. North Ops and Northwest will see less in the way of rainfall, but higher humidity will bring some moderation, especially in Oregon and eastern parts of North Ops. Drier and warm conditions will continue in much of Washington and western Oregon. To the east of Hilary, warm, windy, and dry conditions will develop over Colorado and New Mexico, with elevated to near critical fire weather conditions. Hot and dry weather will continue over Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Further warming is also expected over the central Plains states and the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, with the hottest weather of the season so far in some of these areas. A warming and drying trend will also begin over the Great Lakes and East Coast, with still a few thunderstorms in Florida. Alaska will see cool weather with showers over much of the interior.
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
6 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
93 | |
Acres from active fires | 626,755 | |
Fires contained | 7 |
Year-to-date statistics
2023 (1/1/23-8/20/23) | Fires: 36,146 | Acres: 1,751,041 |
2022 (1/1/22-8/20/22) | Fires: 43,294 | Acres: 5,983,909 |
2021 (1/1/21-8/20/21) | Fires: 41,043 | Acres: 4,384,403 |
2020 (1/1/20-8/20/20) | Fires: 37,824 | Acres: 2,919,926 |
2019 (1/1/19-8/20/19) | Fires: 31,051 | Acres: 3,791,108 |
2018 (1/1/18-8/20/18) | Fires: 41,419 | Acres: 5,922,604 |
2017 (1/1/17-8/20/17) | Fires: 42,809 | Acres: 6,451,305 |
2016 (1/1/16-8/20/16) | Fires: 38,592 | Acres: 4,133,549 |
2015 (1/1/15-8/20/15) | Fires: 41,525 | Acres: 7,293,666 |
2014 (1/1/14-8/20/14) | Fires: 37,119 | Acres: 2,630,176 |
2013 (1/1/13-8/20/13) | Fires: 31,986 | Acres: 3,408,213 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
2013-2022 | Fires: 38,494 | Acres: 4,645,282 |
Source: NIFC