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May 28, 2024 - Currently nine large fires have burned 37,502 acres in five states. Arizona has three, Florida and New Mexico have two and California and 
Colorado each have one. Two complex incident management teams are assigned to the Blue 2 and Indios fires in New Mexico. About 1,600 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the nation.
Since January 1, 15,366 wildfires have burned 1,911,995 acres. This continues to be below the 10-year average of 21,388 wildfires and almost double the average acres burned of 1,025,236.
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Dry and locally breezy conditions will continue across southern New Mexico into far west Texas today, while much of the Southwest and southern Great Basin is very dry with afternoon relative humidity of 5-20% and poor overnight recovery. A cold front will move through the Northwest, northern Rockies, and northern Great Basin today with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A cold front will slowly move through Florida today with isolated thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. However, the front will stall in Texas with scattered to widespread thunderstorms developing over central Texas, with some storms becoming severe and producing heavy rain. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the Great Lakes, with drier conditions for the East Coast outside of Florida. Showers are likely to continue for south-central Alaska, with isolated thunderstorms for the eastern Interior, while moderate trade winds continue for Hawai’i.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
0 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
9 | |
| Acres from active fires | 37,502 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-5/28/24) | Fires: 15,366 | Acres: 1,911,995 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-5/28/23) | Fires: 17,606 | Acres: 508,271 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-5/28/22) | Fires: 27,247 | Acres: 1,843,997 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-5/28/21) | Fires: 24,532 | Acres: 654,147 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-5/28/20) | Fires: 18,117 | Acres: 385,712 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-5/28/19) | Fires: 14,180 | Acres: 262,948 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-5/28/18) | Fires: 23,505 | Acres: 1,708,549 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-5/28/17) | Fires: 24,162 | Acres: 2,205,478 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-5/28/16) | Fires: 19,965 | Acres: 1,584,061 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-5/28/15) | Fires: 21,231 | Acres: 389,181 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-5/28/14) | Fires: 23,339 | Acres: 710,011 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 21,388 | Acres: 1,025,236 |
Source: NIFC
