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August 25, 2023 - Currently 78 wildfires have burned 603,921 acres in 14 states. Five new large fires were reported yesterday, two in New Mexico, and Idaho, Louisiana and Texas each had 
one. Wildland firefighting resources and support personnel assigned to incidents includes 20 incident management teams, 377 crews, 1,303 engines, 101 helicopters and two MAFFS C-130 airtankers.
With more than 18,500 wildland firefighters and support personnel working on incidents, they need your help to prevent human-caused wildfires. Check for fire restrictions before you go to your favorite place on your public lands. If campfires are permitted, recreate responsibly by use existing fire rings, and make sure your campfire is out completely and cold to the touch prior to leaving or sleeping.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work with state and local agencies in Hawai‘i. Some national parks in Hawai‘i have been affected by wildfires. For the latest on closure status, recovery, and travel please visit: Wildfires affecting Hawaii - Hawai'i (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov).
- County of Maui Disaster Update
- Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency emergency proclamation relating to wildfires and travel to Maui
- FEMA - Hawai'i wildfires
- National Park Service - Wildfires affecting Hawai‘i
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.
Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will continue this morning across western Washington and northwest Oregon, while isolated to scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop in the afternoon and evening from the Cascades eastward into Idaho and western Montana. Dry and breezy conditions are likely from northeast California into portions of south-central Oregon as well. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are likely in portions of south and east Texas into Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama, but there is concern for lightning ignitions as very hot and relatively dry conditions continue across much of the southern Plains, Texas, and Southeast. Monsoonal thunderstorms will continue over much of the Four Corners states, with widespread thunderstorms over Colorado. Thunderstorms are likely to move over and develop on the central Plains as well, while scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely from the Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
4 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
69 | |
| Acres from active fires | 451,027 | |
| Fires contained | 4 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2023 (1/1/23-8/25/23) | Fires: 37,911 | Acres: 1,848,103 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-8/25/22) | Fires: 21,616 | Acres: 6,101,221 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-8/25/21) | Fires: 41,555 | Acres: 4,786,588 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-8/25/20) | Fires: 38,767 | Acres: 3,775,603 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-8/25/19) | Fires: 32,315 | Acres: 3,934,891 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-8/25/18) | Fires: 42,807 | Acres: 6,331,568 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-8/25/17) | Fires: 43,801 | Acres: 6,700,589 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-8/25/16) | Fires: 39,417 | Acres: 4,353,048 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-8/25/15) | Fires: 42,041 | Acres: 7,316,857 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-8/25/14) | Fires: 37,942 | Acres: 2,699,021 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-8/25/13) | Fires: 33,324 | Acres: 3,555,433 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2013-2022 | Fires: 39,724 | Acres: 4,879,851 |
Source: NIFC
