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June 6, 2024 - Currently, 7 large, uncontained wildfires are being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide, including three in Arizona, two in California, one in 
New Mexico, and one in Florida. Five large wildfires are being managed under strategies other than full suppression, in New Mexico, Florida, and Alaska.About 1,400 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents around the nation.
Minimal fire behavior is currently reported on the Blue 2 Fire in New Mexico and transfer of command back to the local unit is planned for tomorrow. An incident management team is currently in place on the Indios Fire, also in New Mexico.
The national predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for June through September. Parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida could see above normal potential for wildfires in June. For additional information about the current outlook visit the Outlook page on the NICC site.
As we move into the summer, many of us are excited to get outside and enjoy our public lands. Protect these special places by holding yourself and your group to high standards of fire awareness and safety. Put out campfires by dousing them with water, stirring the coals with a shovel, and repeating. Your campfire should be cool to the touch before you leave the area or go to sleep. Set a good example and teach your children good campfire safety practices.
Hot, daily record-setting temperatures of 100 to 115 oF and minimum relative humidity of 5-20% will continue across much of the lower elevations of Inland California, southern Great Basin, and Southwest, west of the Divide. Temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal will spread into the northern Intermountain West and West Slope as well. Poor relative humidity recovery will occur in the lower elevations and mid-slopes of the southern Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and Southwest west of the Divide. In addition, isolated dry thunderstorms are possible for central and western New Mexico to the Mogollon Rim, while isolated mixed wet and dry thunderstorms develop from northeast California and southeast Oregon into the northern and central Great Basin. Hot temperatures will return to much of Florida today with isolated thunderstorms across the southern half of the peninsula, while slightly cooler temperatures are likely for south Texas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will from the Appalachians to the East Coast today. Mild temperatures with isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast across much of Interior Alaska, while dry and warm conditions with land and sea breezes are expected across Hawai’i.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
3 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
12 | |
| Acres from active fires | 46,531 | |
| Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-6/06/24) | Fires: 16,905 | Acres: 1,975,251 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-6/06/23) | Fires: 19,358 | Acres: 584,373 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/06/22) | Fires: 28,592 | Acres: 1,978,445 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/06/21) | Fires: 26,413 | Acres: 764,807 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/06/20) | Fires: 19,919 | Acres: 516,531 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/06/19) | Fires: 15,963 | Acres: 332,791 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/06/18) | Fires: 24,933 | Acres: 1,772,458 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/06/17) | Fires: 25,699 | Acres: 2,275,910 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/06/16) | Fires: 21,189 | Acres: 1,713,098 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/06/15) | Fires: 22,992 | Acres: 458,558 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/06/14) | Fires: 22,604 | Acres: 765,395 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 22,644 | Acres: 1,089,945 |
Source: NIFC
