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May 31, 2024 - There are currently 8 large, uncontained wildfires being managed with full suppression strategies across the country, including one in 
New Mexico, three in Arizona, two in California, and one each in Colorado and Florida. Large fires are being managed with strategies other than full suppression in New Mexico, Florida, and Alaska. About 2,266 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across the country.
The Southwest area continues to have the most uncontained wildfires. The Blue 2 and Indios fires in New Mexico both have complex incident management teams assigned. Visit Inciweb for more detailed information on incidents across the country.
Since January 1, 2024, 16,184 wildfires have burned 1,9239,583 acres, of which approximately 98% are from human-caused fires. Wildland firefighters and support personnel need your help to prevent unwanted, destructive wildfires. Please recreate responsibly and check for fire restrictions.
Check out the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for seven-day and monthly outlooks generated by predictive services within the National Interagency Coordination Center. Looking for more information on your specific region? Try the predictive services information for your own geographic area.
Taking care of your vehicle is an important way to prevent dangerous wildfires. Make sure that your vehicle is in good working conditions (sparks should not be flying from a well-maintained vehicle), that any chains used for towing are secured and that nothing can drag, and park on pavement, not on vegetation. Once you're at your destination, be vigilant around campfires and barbeques. Watch for sparks, embers, and wind. Before you leave the area or go to sleep, make sure your fire or grill is all the way out and cool to the touch!
Very warm and dry conditions will continue across the Southwest with minimum relative humidity of 5-15% followed by poor overnight recovery, mainly west of the Divide. However, higher relative humidity is likely on much of the southern High Plains, including eastern New Mexico, with isolated to scattered afternoon wet thunderstorms. A warming trend is forecast across the northern half of the West, with temperatures closer to normal except for above normal temperatures in much of interior California. Cooler temperatures are expected today across Florida behind a cold front, but drier air will move in with low afternoon relative humidity as low as 20%. Showers and thunderstorms will develop across much of the Mississippi Valley, with the most widespread and strongest storms producing locally heavy rain in the Lower to Mid-Mississippi Valley. Slightly above normal temperatures are forecast for much of the central and eastern Interior of Alaska, with isolated thunderstorms for much of the Interior as well.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
11 | |
| Acres from active fires | 43,376 | |
| Fires contained | 0 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-5/31/24) | Fires: 16,184 | Acres: 1,939,583 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-5/31/23) | Fires: 18,280 | Acres: 511,498 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-5/31/22) | Fires: 27,802 | Acres: 1,907,453 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-5/31/21) | Fires: 24,949 | Acres: 687,017 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-5/31/20) | Fires: 19,556 | Acres: 415,045 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-5/31/19) | Fires: 14,765 | Acres: 272,003 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-5/31/18) | Fires: 23,984 | Acres: 1,665,736 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-5/31/17) | Fires: 24,664 | Acres: 2,233,125 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-5/31/16) | Fires: 20,427 | Acres: 1,597,983 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-5/31/15) | Fires: 21,566 | Acres: 396,807 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-5/31/14) | Fires: 21,732 | Acres: 717,979 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 21,595 | Acres: 1,034,999 |
Source: NIFC
