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June 20, 2024 - Three new large fires were reported yesterday. Arizona, Idaho and Nebraska each had one. Nationally, 17 large, uncontained wildfires have burned 
153,681 acres in nine states. More than 8,300 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents including two complex and three Type 1 incident management teams, nearly 200 crews, 645 engines and multiple aviation assets.
To date, 19,158 wildfires have burned 2,140,272 acres. People have caused more than 18,200 of these wildfires, accounting for almost 2 million of the total acres burned. States with the most human caused wildfires include Georgia, California, Florida, Missouri and Texas.
Some people walk away without putting out their campfire, others light fireworks around day brush and grass. These behaviors are dangerous and unlawful. You can make a difference and reduce unwanted wildland fires by reporting careless and illegal behavior. If you see something suspicious, call the nearest law enforcement office. Please help our wildland firefighters by abiding by all fire restrictions and recreating responsibly.
The national predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for June through September. For additional information about the current outlook visit the Outlook page on the NICC site.
Hot and dry conditions will prevail across much of the west today as high pressure rebuilds over the area, with temperatures 5 to 15 degrees above normal, on the higher end over the Pacific Northwest and northern California. The exception will be across the eastern Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and southern Colorado, which will have cooler, wetter conditions. Moisture will circulate out of the Gulf of Mexico to bring heavy rain to much of the Gulf Coast and southern Plains, while scattered storms with wetting rain develop across much of New Mexico and the central Rockies. A slight chance of dry lightning exists along the edge of the moister air mass in eastern Arizona. An area of thunderstorms with heavy precipitation is also possible over northeastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle into southern Kansas. Additional isolated to scattered thunderstorm activity is forecast over the High Plains into the Great Lakes region and to a lesser extent over the northeastern United States. Alaska will continue under warm and dry conditions today, with the chance for afternoon thunderstorm across the Interior and wetting rain over much of the southeast Interior and southwest Alaska.
| 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. |
29 | |
| Acres from active fires | 153,681 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-6/20/24) | Fires: 19,158 | Acres: 2,140,272 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-6/20/23) | Fires: 21,908 | Acres: 633,974 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/20/22) | Fires: 31,000 | Acres: 3,215,435 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/20/21) | Fires: 28,815 | Acres: 1,082,938 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/20/20) | Fires: 22,252 | Acres: 987,880 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/20/19) | Fires: 17,750 | Acres: 506,551 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/20/18) | Fires: 27,262 | Acres: 2,147,648 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/20/17) | Fires: 27,797 | Acres: 2,560,398 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/20/16) | Fires: 23,299 | Acres: 1,952,165 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/20/15) | Fires: 25,505 | Acres: 559,443 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/20/14) | Fires: 24,124 | Acres: 826,471 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 24,828 | Acres: 1,432,018 |
Source: NIFC
