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September 6, 2023 - Currently, 72 large wildfires have burned 489,813 acres in 13 states. Four new large wildfires were reported, three in Texas and one in Arkansas. Nearly 15,900 wildland 
firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the nation.
Since January 1, 40,221 wildfires have burned 2,096,906 acres. The number of acres burned continues to be below the 10-year average of 5,473,973 acres. People have caused the majority of these wildfires. Our wildland firefighting personnel need your help to prevent wildfires and recreate responsibly.
The predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for September through December. The current wildland fire potential outlook and the monthly seasonal outlook podcast is also available.
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).
Upper-level troughing will extend into the northwestern US, with a weak Pacific cold front moving into the Pacific Northwest tonight. Winds are expected to increase and overspread low relative humidity across the Four Corners states, with elevated fire weather conditions possible. Above normal temperatures will continue on much of the southern Plains through the southern Rockies into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected along the western and central Gulf Coast through the Lower Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio Valleys and much of the Great Lakes. Warm and dry conditions will continue along and east of the central and southern Appalachians into the Deep South and central Gulf Coast. Breezy Cascade Gap winds into the Columbia Basin are likely, and isolated thunderstorms are possible in portions of the Idaho and Montana mountains. Showers and below normal temperatures will continue across much of Alaska.
| 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. |
72 | |
| Acres from active fires | 489,813 | |
| Fires contained | 4 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2023 (1/1/23-9/06/23) | Fires: 40,444 | Acres: 2,096,906 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-9/06/22) | Fires: 49,841 | Acres: 6,311,144 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-9/06/21) | Fires: 43,457 | Acres: 5,073,241 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-9/06/20) | Fires: 40,883 | Acres: 4,645,048 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-9/06/19) | Fires: 35,162 | Acres: 4,185,527 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-9/06/18) | Fires: 46,228 | Acres: 6,990,889 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-9/06/17) | Fires: 47,473 | Acres: 7,995,650 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-9/06/16) | Fires: 41,689 | Acres: 4,698,891 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-9/06/15) | Fires: 44,353 | Acres: 8,440,225 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-9/06/14) | Fires: 38,532 | Acres: 2,778,252 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-9/06/13) | Fires: 35,440 | Acres: 3,902,387 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2013-2022 | Fires: 42,123 | Acres: 5,473,973 |
Source: NIFC
