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June 7, 2024 - Currently, five large, uncontained wildfires are being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide, in New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon. Six large wildfires are being 
managed under strategies other than full suppression, in New Mexico, Florida, and Alaska.
A significant new start is the Bowden Fire, located on the BLM Vale District in southeastern Oregon, with active fire behavior and threats to residences reported.
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.
If you know that you live in a fire-prone area, there are steps you can take to prepare for the scary situation of a threat to your community. Work with your neighbors to keep streets and roads clear, so fire engines can easily maneuver, and residents can evacuate swiftly if needed. Make sure fire hydrants are visible and accessible. Clear flammable vegetation around structures, on large lots, and along roadsides. Have an evacuation plan with your household, including what essential items you will take with you and where you will meet. Preparedness for fire emergencies is good citizenship, and also brings some peace of mind.
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 (1/1/24-6/07/24) | Fires: 16,905 | Acres: 1,975,251 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-6/07/23) | Fires: 19,574 | Acres: 616,486 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/07/22) | Fires: 0 | Acres: 2,011,197 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/07/21) | Fires: 26,668 | Acres: 791,960 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/07/20) | Fires: 20,057 | Acres: 550,135 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/07/19) | Fires: 16,115 | Acres: 337,306 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/07/18) | Fires: 25,125 | Acres: 1,780,633 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/07/17) | Fires: 25,874 | Acres: 2,299,164 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/07/16) | Fires: 21,280 | Acres: 1,713,376 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/07/15) | Fires: 23,096 | Acres: 461,559 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/07/14) | Fires: 22,678 | Acres: 765,729 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 22,644 | Acres: 1,089,945 |
Source: NIFC
