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July 26, 2024 - As of this morning, 89 large active wildfires are being managed and have burned 1,611,409 acres. Fire managers are using full suppression strategies on 85 of these wildfires.
The Northwest area predictive services staff issued two fuels and fire behavior advisories yesterday. Southwest Oregon has extraordinarily dry fuels and off-share winds that are causing wildfires to 
display very aggressive fire behavior. The second advisory is for the entire region east of the Cascades in both Oregon and Washington for very dry fuels that have built up and causing rapid large fire growth.
Many wildfires in the Northwest area continue to exhibit active to extreme fire behavior, with evacuation orders in effect on 17 wildfires. Several teams are managing multiple fire starts as complexes. Evacuation orders are also in effect for several fires in California, the Northern Rockies and the Great Basin. If you live in an area that has been evacuated, please follow the instructions from local authorities. They will provide the latest recommendations based on the threat to your community and appropriate safety measures.
Nearly 22,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to wildfires nationwide, including 28 complex and 5 Type 1 incident management teams, nearly 515 crews, 1,260 engines, numerous aviation resources, and four Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS.
The Great Basin Coordination Center's predictive services staff have issued three fuels and fire behavior advisories for Nevada, Southern Idaho and Utah and Arizona Strip. There is also a fuels and fire behavior advisory in effect for California. Residents, travelers, or workers on their way to any of these states should be advised and familiarize themselves with the elevated risks.
The national predictive services staff at the National Interagency Coordination Center released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for July through October. For additional information about the current outlook visit the Outlook page on the NICC site.
Looking for information on a specific fire? InciWeb is an official source of public information for federally managed incidents. If you live in California, the incident may be listed by CALFIRE. Many jurisdictions will use their social media platforms to post updates about their fires. If you are looking for evacuation information, consult your local sheriff's department. If you are looking for information on smoke impacts, fire.airnow.gov is an excellent resource.
Widespread westerly winds of 15-30 mph with gusts of 25-45 mph are expected from northeast California into the western half of Montana amid relative humidity of 8-25%, resulting in elevated to critical fire weather conditions near and ahead of a cold front. Dry and breezy westerly flow will develop in the Cascade gaps and Columbia Basin behind the front, where temperatures will moderate considerably. Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms will develop ahead of the front, from parts of the northern Great Basin into southwest and central Montana, in addition to western Wyoming. Look for gusty southerly winds amid dry and very hot conditions over the central and northern High Plains and Black Hills. Widespread High-risk significant fire potential will continue for the northern Intermountain West Thursday spreading into much of Wyoming, with extreme growth likely on existing or new large fires. Scattered mainly wet thunderstorms will develop across the central and southern Great Basin into the Southwest and West Slope as moisture from the monsoon increases. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to be numerous along a stalled front from southeast Texas into the Southeast, with a few lingering showers and thunderstorms expected in the Mid-Atlantic and New England, as well.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
22 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
89 | |
| Acres from active fires | 1,167,726 | |
| Fires contained | 11 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2024 (1/1/24-7/25/24) | Fires: 26,825 | Acres: 3,633,567 |
| 2023 (1/1/23-7/25/23) | Fires: 29,118 | Acres: 949,207 |
| 2022 (1/1/22-7/25/22) | Fires: 38,402 | Acres: 5,578,815 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-7/25/21) | Fires: 36,476 | Acres: 2,770,454 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-7/25/20) | Fires: 30,316 | Acres: 1,930,420 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-7/25/19) | Fires: 24,809 | Acres: 3,419,295 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-7/25/18) | Fires: 34,193 | Acres: 4,040,708 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-7/25/17) | Fires: 36,516 | Acres: 5,128,482 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-7/25/16) | Fires: 32,228 | Acres: 3,025,850 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-7/25/15) | Fires: 43,894 | Acres: 5,569,966 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-7/25/14) | Fires: 31,559 | Acres: 1,671,523 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2014-2023 | Fires: 32,731 | Acres: 3,350,598 |
Source: NIFC
