Fire activity is moderating a bit in the West due to cooler temperatures and precipitation. There are currently 56 large fires burning a total of 1,804,962 acres throughout the nation. Thirty-four of these large fires continue to burn 1,351,933 acres in Idaho and Montana.
| Current Wildland Fires |
| Arizona |
Fires: 0 |
Acres: 0 |
New Fires: 0 |
Fires Contained: 0 |
| WFU Fires: 1 |
WFU Acres: 885 |
New WFU fires: 0 |
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| Roosevelt (Grand Canyon National Park): 885 acres. This Wildland Fire Use (WFU) is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. It is located 13 miles northeast of Grand Canyon Village. |
| Alabama |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 400 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| High Falls (National Forests in Alabama): 400 acres at 10 percent contained. The fire is burning 17 miles southeast of Talladega. Moderate fire was reported and structures are threatened. |
| California |
Fires: 4 |
Acres: 226,241 |
New fires: 1 |
Fires contained: 0 |
Zaca (Los Padres National Forest): 225,568 acres at 81 percent contained. This fire is 15 miles northeast of Bulleton. Structures, roads and power transmission lines are threatened. Evacuations are in effect. Active fire behavior was reported.
Information: Call (805) 961-5770 or visit the CAL Fire info website. |
| Snow (San Bernardino National Forest): 83 acres at 45 percent contained. This fire is 14 miles west of Palm Springs. Moderate surface fire with single tree torching was reported. Evacuation of campground and San Jacinto State Park is in effect. |
| Cemetary (Santa Barbara County Fire Department): 490 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is one mile south of Lompoc. Interior burning was reported. Structures are threatened. |
| NEW Vista (Sequoia National Forest): 100 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 39 miles east of Porterville and is burning in timber. Running fire with torching was reported. Evacuations are in progress. |
| Florida |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 7,680 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| MSC South (Florida Division of Forestry): 7,680 acres at 50 percent contained. The fire is located 20 miles west of North Miami Beach. Wind driven fire behavior with rapid rates of spread was reported. |
| Idaho |
Fires: 12 |
Acres: 757,087 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| WFU Fires: 1 |
WFU Acres: 59,135 |
New WFU fires: 0 |
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| The Idaho Transportation Department provides information about road closures on-line at 511.idaho.gov or dialing 5-1-1. |
| Visit the Boise National Forest website for fire restriction information. |
| Visit the Payette National Forest website for fire restriction information. |
Mitchell (Idaho Falls District, Bureau of Land Management): 9,730 acres at 95 percent contained. This fire is 10 miles north of Holbrook. Smoldering fire activity with isolated spotting was reported.
Information: Call (702) 622-5754. |
Castle Rock (Sawtooth National Forest): 15,575 acres at nine percent contained. This fire is eight miles west of Ketchum. Short uphill crown runs, torching and short-range spotting was reported. The community of Ketchum is threatened. Evacuations are in effect.
Information: Call (208) 726-7811. |
Bridge (Clearwater National Forest): 36,150 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 45 miles southwest of Missoula. Creeping and smoldering was reported.
Information: Call (208) 942-3113 or visit the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch website. |
Poe Cabin (Craig Mountain Area Office, Idaho Department of Lands): 58,520 acres at 95 percent contained. This fire is 23 miles southwest of Grangeville. Smoldering was reported.
Information: Call (406) 203-4954 or visit the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch website. |
Cascade Complex (Boise National Forest): 211,353 acres at zero percent contained. The previously reported Landmark Complex has been added to this complex. This complex is 16 miles northeast of Cascade. Creeping and smoldering was reported. The Warm Lake and Paradise Valley communities remain threatened. Road closures and evacuations are in effect.
Information: Call (208) 632-2810. For information on road closures, contact the Valley County Sheriff at (208) 382-7150 |
East Zone Complex (Payette National Forest): 203,569 acres at 10 percent contained. This complex is made up of three fires. This fire is 25 miles northeast of McCall. The Secesh, Warren, and South Fork communities remain threatened and evacuations are in order. Creeping and smoldering fire behavior was reported.
Information: Call (208) 634-1890 or visit the Payette National Forest website. |
Rattlesnake (Nez Perce National Forest): 90,763 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 25 miles south of Elk City. Community of Concord, ranches, and recreation sites are threatened. Backing fire with occasional torching was reported.
Information: Call (208) 842-9225 or visit the Grangeville Interagency Dispatch website. |
Shower Bath (Salmon-Challis National Forest): 58,000 acres at zero percent contained. The fire is located 18 miles northwest of Challis. Structures, historic cabins, and cultural sites remain threatened. Creeping and smoldering were reported.
Information: Call (208) 861-1568 or visit the Salmon-Challis National Forest website. |
Cleveland (Idaho Falls District, Bureau of Land Management): 16,269 acres at an 96 percent contained. The fire is 12 miles northeast of Preston. No new information was received. This will be the last report unless new information is received.
Information: Call (702) 622-5754. |
Boundary Junction (Clearwater National Forest): 5,088 acres at an zero percent contained. This fire is 15 miles southeast of Pierce. Smoldering was reported.
Information: Call (208) 926-4274.
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Red Bluff (Salmon-Challis National Forest): 43,870 acres at zero percent contained. The fire is burning 31 miles northwest of Challis. Structures are threatened. Recreational activity on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River has been suspended. Creeping and smoldering was reported. This fire will be incorporated into the Shower Bath Complex.
Information: Call (208) 756-5145
or visit the Salmon-Challis National Forest website. |
| Clear Sage (Salmon-Challis National Forest): 8,200 acres at an unknown percent contained. The fire is located 25 miles northwest of Salmon. Creeping, and smoldering were reported. This fire will be incorporated into the Shower Bath Complex. |
Krassel Complex (Payette National Forest): 59,135 acres. This Wildland Fire Use (WFU) complex is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. It is located four fires is 44 miles northeast of Yellow Pine. Active surface fire was reported.
Information: Call (208) 634-0983 or visit the Payette National Forest website. |
| Michigan |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 18,185 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Sleeper Lake (Michigan Department of Natural Resources): 18,185 acres at 67 percent contained. This fire is 61 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie. Evacuations are in order for structures near the fire area. Active fire behavior with spotting and torching was reported. Reduction in acreage is due to more accurate mapping. |
| Montana |
Fires: 19 |
Acres: 517,294 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| WFU Fires: 2 |
WFU Acres: 18,417 |
New WFU fires: 0 |
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| The Montana Transportation Department provides information about road closures on-line at www.mdt.mt.gov/travinfo/ or call 800-226-7623. |
Skyland (Flathead National Forest): 45,215 acres at 55 percent contained. This fire is 45 miles east of Whitefish. Structures are threatened. Creeping and smoldering with isolated torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 226-4333 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Sawmill Complex (Lolo National Forest): 55,000 acres at 10 percent contained. This complex consists of three fires and is located 22 miles southeast of Missoula. Structures remain threatened. Active ground fire with short crown runs, single and group tree torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 859-6003 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Meriwether (Central Land Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources): 43,296 acres at 75 percent contained. This fire is 37 miles northwest of Helena. Smoldering was reported.
Information: Call (406) 495-3747 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Ahorn (Lewis and Clark National Forest): 51,000 acres at ten percent contained. This fire is 30 miles west of Augusta. Structures are threatened. Creeping and smoldering was reported.
Information: Call (406) 562-3922 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Pattengail Creek (Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest): 11,788 acres at 15 percent contained. This fire is 10 miles northeast of Wisdom. Minimal fire behavior was reported. Residences are threatened.
Information: Call (406) 832-3178 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Jocko Lakes (Flathead Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs): 34,810 acres at 33 percent contained. This fire is 26 miles northeast of Missoula. Creeping and smoldering with single tree torching was reported. Numerous structures are threatened.
Information: Call (406) 244-9967 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Conger Creek (Lolo National Forest): 18,300 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 20 miles north of Ovando. Creeping and smoldering with isolated torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 677-2233 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
WH Complex (Gallatin National Forest): 28,550 acres at 50 percent contained. The complex is located 27 miles south of Livingston. Creeping and smoldering fire behavior was reported. Evacuations remain in effect.
Information: Call (406) 677-3909 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Brush Creek (Flathead National Forest): 29,839 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is 25 miles west of Whitefish. Structures remain threatened. Creeping and isolated tree torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 758-0900 or 406-758-2100 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Chippy Creek (Northwestern Land Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources): 96,154 acres at 35 percent contained. This fire is 42 miles southwest of Kalispell. Minimal fire behavior was reported. Residences remain evacuated.
Information: Call (406) 826-9009 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Rombo Mountain (Bitterroot National Forest): 20,300 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 18 miles south of Darby. Isolated torching was reported. Structures are threatened.
Information: Call (406) 821-0082 or visit the Northern Rockies Coordination Center website. |
Fool Creek (Lewis and Clark and Flathead National Forests): 60,000 acres at 15percent contained. The fire is 30 miles northwest of Choteau. Minimal fire activity with isolated torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 466-3560 or visit the website. |
Rat Creek (Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest): 19,259 acres at 15 percent contained. This fire is 25 miles west of Wisdom. Minimal fire activity was reported. Structures, historic and cultural sites are threatened.
Information: Call (406) 689-3243 or visit the Beaverhead/Deerlodge website. |
Black Cat (Southwestern land Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources): 11,515 acres at 35 percent contained. This fires is four miles east of Frenchtown. Evaro, Highway 93, railroads, and power transmission lines are threatened. Surface runs with isolated torching was reported.
Information: Call (406) 543-6639. |
| Corporal (Flathead National Forest): 2,030 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 47 miles southeast of Kalispell. Smoldering and creeping fire behavior was reported. Structures are threatened. |
Ford (Southern Land Office, Montana DNR): 804 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is six miles east of Billings. Smoldering fire activity was reported.
Information: Call (406) 247-4400. |
| Last Day (Charles M Russell NWR): 493 acres at an unknown percent contained. This fire is 35 miles north of Winnet. Smoldering and creeping fire activity was reported. |
| Boyce (Northeastern Land Office Montana DNR): 300 acres at zero percent contained. This fire is 25 miles northeast of Denton. No new information was received. This will be the last report unless new information is received. |
| Railley Mountain (Flathead National Forest): 15,641 acres at zero percent contained. This fire was previously reported as a confined/contained incident. It is 15 miles northeast of Seeley Lake and is burning in timber. Active fie with isolated torching was reported. This will be the last report unless significant activity occurs. |
Bitterroot Fire Use Complex (Bitterroot National Forest): 17,107 acres. This previously reported Wildland Fire Use (WFU) incident is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. It is located 15 miles west of Darby. Creeping, smoldering, and backing fire was reported.
Information: Call (406) 821-1213. |
| NEW Turtlehead WFU (Flathead National Forest): 1,310acres. This Wildland Fire Use (WFU) incident is being managed to accomplish natural resource objectives. It is located 66 miles northeast of Missoula and is burning in timber. Minimal fire behavior was reported. This will be the last narrative report unless significant activity occurs. |
| Nevada |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 96,370 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Wildhorse Zone (Elko Field Office, Bureau of Land Management): 96,370 acres at 99 percent contained. The fire is 10 miles northwest of Elko. Minimal fire behavior was reported. No new information was received. |
| North Carolina |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 2,880 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
Longbranch/Robeson Complex (North Carolina Department of Natural Resources): 2,880 acres at 10 percent contained. This fire is four miles south of Lumberton. Structures are threatened. Smoldering was reported.
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| North Dakota |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 2,164 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Muskrat Lake (Fort Berthold Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs): 2,164 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is 12 miles west of Crawford. Smoldering with occasion torching was reported. This will be the last report unless significant activity occurs. |
| Oregon |
Fires: 4 |
Acres: 134,955 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| For current information about fire precautions and restrictions, please visit the Pacific Northwest Fire Prevention website. |
Battle Creek Complex (Wallowa-Whitman National Forest): 79,299 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is 27 miles northeast of Joseph. Creeping and smoldering were reported. No new information was received.
Information: Call (541) 426-4978 or visit the Northwest Coordination Center fire info website. |
Irish Spring (Vale District, Bureau of Land Management): 47,860 acres at 40 percent contained. This fire is located 21 miles southwest of Ironside. Structures remain threatened. Creeping, isolated torching and smoldering fire activity was reported. Reduction in acreage is due to more accurate mapping.
Information: Visit the Northwest Coordination Center fire info website. |
Ukiah Complex (Umatilla National Forest): 4,764 acres at 96percent contained. This fire is six miles northeast of Ukiah. Smoldering fire behavior was reported. Structures are threatened.
Information: Call (541) 247-3079 or visit the Northwest Coordination Center fire info website. |
| Otter Creek (Umatilla National Forest): 3,032 acres at 45 percent contained. This fire is 13 miles southeast of Ukiah. Creeping and smoldering fire behavior was reported. |
| Utah |
Fires: 4 |
Acres: 3,840 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Duncan Canyon (Bear River Area, Utah Department of Forestry): This fire was contained at 1,218 acres. |
Leavitt (Fishlake National Forest): 440 acres at 40 percent contained. This fire is 14 miles west of Richfield. Isolated torching was reported.
Information: Visit the Utah Fire Info website. |
Alder (Bear River Area, Utah Department of Forestry): 1,150 acres at 90 percent contained. This fire is 20 miles east of Snowville. Creeping and smoldering was reported.
Information: Visit the Utah Fire Info website. |
Lowrys (Richfield Field Office, Bureau of Land Management): 1,900 acres at five percent contained. This fire is five miles southeast of Scipio. Active fire activity with runs and torching was reported.
Information: Visit the Utah Fire Info website. |
| NEW Toad (Dixie National Forest): 350 acres at unknown percent contained. This fire is 33 miles east of hatch and is burning in ponderosa pine and grass. Uphill runs, single and group tree torching and short range spotting was reported. |
| Virginia |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 383 |
New fires: 0 |
Fires contained: 0 |
| Wait Mountain (George Washington and Jefferson National Forest): 383 acres at 70 percent contained. This fire is two miles west of Clifton Forge. Structures are threatened. No new information was received. |
| Washington |
Fires: 1 |
Acres: 6,885 |
New Fires: 0 |
Fires Contained: 1 |
| For current information about fire precautions and restrictions, please visit the Pacific Northwest Fire Prevention website. |
Domke Lake Complex (Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest): 6,885 acres at 25 percent contained. This complex is 36 miles northwest of Chelan. Lucerne and Holden Village remain threatened and evacuated. Backing fire with single and group tree torching was reported.
Information: Call (509) 687-1904 or visit the Northwest Coordination Center fire info website. |
| Pend'D Oreille (Colville National Forest): this fire was contained at 192 acres. |
| Wyoming |
Fires: 5 |
Acres: 30,598 |
New fires: 1 |
Fires contained: 0 |
Columbine 1 (Yellowstone National Park): 18,255 acres at 10 percent contained. This fire is 53 miles southwest of Cody. Minimal fire behavior was reported.
Information: Call 307-344-2580. Road updates are available 24-hours a day by calling 307-344-2117. |
Hardscrabble (Bridger-Teton National Forest): 3,074 acres at 80 percent contained. This fire is burning 26 miles northwest of Dubois. Creeping and smoldering were reported. No new information was received.
Information: Call (307) 739-5564 or visit the Bridger-Teton fire info website. |
Little Goose (Bighorn National Forest): 4,742 acres at 95 percent contained. This fire is burning 15 miles southwest of Sheridan. Moderate fire behavior was reported. Structures are threatened and evacuations are in effect. Previous reported as Little Goose/ Bone Creek Fire. No further information was received.
Information: Call (307) 224-4109.
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| Bone Creek (Bighorn National Forest): 4,027 acres at 40 percent contained. Previously reported at Little Goose/Bone Creek Fire. This fire is 33 miles northeast of Greybull and is burning in timber. Isolated torching was reported. Precipitation occurred over the fire area yesterday. |
| NEW Bear Creek (Worland Field Office, BLM): 500 acres at 2 percent contained. This fire is 20 miles northeast of Greybull and is burning in timber. Backing and creeping fire behavior with single tree torching was reported. Precipitation occurred over the fire area yesterday. |
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