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September 15, 2024 - As of this morning, 62 large active wildfires are currently being managed with full suppression strategies nationwide. Current fires have burned 2,447,282 acres. 27,371 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents, including 25 complex and 3 type 1 incident management teams, 566 crews, 1,875 engines, and 149 helicopters.
To date, 36,855 fires have burned 7,329,660 acres nationally. This compares to the 10-year average for this date of 44,264 fires and 5,765,878 acres.
Two hundred forty-five soldiers from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion and the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment based out of Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) are deployed in support of wildland fire operations on the Boise National Forest. NIMO (Team 2) is assigned to support the military contingent. To learn more about military mobilizations, visit the military support page.
Note: Given the very high tempo and scale of national fire activity over the past few months, there have been delays in reconciling actual acreage burned with entries into the reporting systems, especially from areas with large fires and dynamic fire activity. Adjustments are occurring as the accuracy of fire locations, mapping, and final fire reporting are reconciled.
Ahead of an upper-level low moving south along the Oregon and California coast, near to above normal temperatures, breezy southwesterly sustained winds of 15-25 mph gusting to 40 mph amid minimum relative humidity of 10-25% will develop along the east slopes of the Sierra and much of the Great Basin. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop across much of Oregon into northern California, spreading into the northern Great Basin overnight. Very warm and dry conditions are expected across much of the Front Range, Wyoming, and southeast Montana as well, although winds will be more from the south and lighter at 10-20 mph. Moisture will across much of Arizona into the Four Corners with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Farther east, southerly winds of 12-20 mph amid relative humidity of 15-25% and above normal temperatures are expected on the southern Plains. In the East, remnant moisture from Francine will bring areas of wetting rain to the Lower Mississippi Valley. Well above normal temperatures and dry conditions will continue for much of the Midwest, central Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast. Downsloping easterly winds of 10-15 mph will continue in the Upper Ohio Valley, with minimum relative humidity in the teens creating locally elevated conditions. Lower relative humidity of 20-30% will also spread into much of the Lower Great Lakes. Strong, but moist easterly winds are expected along the Southeast coast due to a developing low pressure system.
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Total number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
61 | |
Acres from active fires | 2,447,282 | |
Fires contained | 1 |
Year-to-date statistics
2024 (1/1/24-9/15/24) | Fires: 36,855 | Acres: 7,329,660 |
2023 (1/1/23-9/15/23) | Fires: 42,566 | Acres: 2,185,446 |
2022 (1/1/22-9/15/22) | Fires: 43,284 | Acres: 6,784,624 |
2021 (1/1/21-9/15/21) | Fires: 44,740 | Acres: 5,609,865 |
2020 (1/1/20-9/15/20) | Fires: 42,363 | Acres: 6,896,438 |
2019 (1/1/19-9/15/19) | Fires: 36,848 | Acres: 4,292,624 |
2018 (1/1/18-9/15/18) | Fires: 47,797 | Acres: 7,224,752 |
2017 (1/1/17-9/15/17) | Fires: 49,525 | Acres: 8,412,500 |
2016 (1/1/16-9/15/16) | Fires: 43,121 | Acres: 4,778,167 |
2015 (1/1/15-9/15/15) | Fires: 46,347 | Acres: 8,834,487 |
2014 (1/1/14-9/15/14) | Fires: 39,615 | Acres: 2,930,087 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
2014-2023 | Fires: 44,265 | Acres: 5,765,878 |
Source: NIFC