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June 11, 2024 - Two new large fires were reported yesterday, one in Oregon and one in Utah. Twelve uncontained large fires have burned 55,780 
acres in five states. One complex incident management team is assigned to the Pioneer Fire in Washington. More than 1,600 wildland firefighters and support personnel are working on incidents across the nation, including 40 crews, nearly 100 engines and 15 helicopters.
Since January 1, more than two million acres have burned in 17,739 wildfires. This is slightly below the 10-year average for the number of wildfires and about average for number of acres burned.
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.
Are you living in or near the wildlands and taking a gamble that wildfire won’t happen in your backyard? Wildfire is a process that nature needs, and it will happen. It’s not a matter of “if” it is a matter of “when” so do your part now and be prepared for when the weather starts drying vegetation out. Make your home a safe place with fire resistant plants and building materials. Have an emergency plan for your family and pets. Improve your odds of your home surviving a wildfire by doing simple things before nature rolls out fire season in your community. Reduce your risks and help our firefighters by becoming fire adaptive and Firewise.
Hot and dry conditions will prevail over much of the western United States today. Portions of the Southwest, southern California and the California Central Valley will see high temperatures reaching 100-110°F this afternoon with relative humidity in many of the same areas dropping to 6-15%. Breezy conditions will develop in Washington, east of the Cascades extending into Western Montana and the northern Great Basin. The potential for isolated mixed wet and dry thunderstorm activity remains over portions of northern New Mexico and into Colorado, east of the Continental Divide, with scattered wet thunderstorm activity forecast for the southern Great Plains. Severe thunderstorm activity is possible in parts of central Texas. Moisture from the Caribbean will bring heavy rain to southern Florida where localized areas of flash flooding are possible. Additionally, scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop over parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley an Upper Great Lakes region and the northern Atlantic Coast States. National Predictive Services Outlook 6 Minutes for Safety: The 6 Minutes for Safety topic of the day is In Country Not Seen in Daylight.
| 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. |
12 | |
| Acres from active fires | 55,780 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-6/11/24) | Fires: 17,739 | Acres: 2,009,055 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-6/11/23) | Fires: 20,206 | Acres: 628,710 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/11/22) | Fires: 29,488 | Acres: 2,352,458 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/11/21) | Fires: 27,104 | Acres: 926,584 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/11/20) | Fires: 20,731 | Acres: 658,069 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/11/19) | Fires: 16,630 | Acres: 365,815 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/11/18) | Fires: 25,661 | Acres: 1,875,075 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/11/17) | Fires: 26,322 | Acres: 2,408,652 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/11/16) | Fires: 21,818 | Acres: 1,803,734 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/11/15) | Fires: 23,561 | Acres: 487,660 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/11/14) | Fires: 23,116 | Acres: 794,924 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 23,351 | Acres: 1,999,845 |
Source: NIFC
