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as of October 13, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)

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May 10, 2024

Five new large fires were reported in the past week. Currently, five large uncontained wildfires are burning in Florida, Mississippi, and Arizona under a full suppression strategy. On large uncontained wildfire is burning under a strategy other than full suppression in Oregon. Wildland firefighters and support personnel contained two large fires this week. 

For a look ahead, check out the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook for seven-day and monthly outlooks generated by predictive services within the National Interagency Coordination Center. Looking for more information on your specific region? Try the predictive services information for your own geographic area

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Weather

Dry conditions will continue into Saturday across the Southwest west of the Divide, with locally breezy conditions along the Mogollon Rim. Meanwhile, scattered to widespread showers, with high elevation snow, will develop near and east of the Divide in Colorado and New Mexico into the adjacent High Plains. Dry and breezy conditions will likely spread across much of New Mexico Sunday into Monday, but conditions will likely be mitigated by earlier precipitation. Above normal temperatures are forecast across the Northwest into California, the northern Great Basin, and northern Rockies into early next week. Temperatures will cool closer to normal mid-next week, with scattered showers for the northern Rockies into the northern Plains. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop from central Texas and Oklahoma through the Southeast this weekend through early next week, with heavy rain from central/east Texas into Georgia. Precipitation will fall across the Florida Panhandle but amounts for the central and southern Florida peninsula remain uncertain, with very dry and occasionally breezy conditions preceding the rain across the peninsula. Periods of light to moderate showers are also forecast across the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley, and Northeast for the next week. Cool and showery conditions are forecast for much of Alaska into early next week. A wet pattern is forecast for Hawai’i through the weekend due to an upper level low, with gradual drying but still showery conditions for the islands early to mid-next week. 

Daily statistics
Number of new large fires or emergency response 
* New fires are identified with an asterisk
5 States currently reporting large fires:
Number of active large fires
Total does not include individual fires within complexes.
6
Acres from active fires 8,965
Fires contained 2
Year-to-date statistics
2024 (1/1/24-5/10/24) Fires: 13,422 Acres: 1,842,578
2023 (1/1/23-5/10/23) Fires: 14,799 Acres: 458,078
2022 (1/1/22-5/10/22) Fires: 23,801 Acres: 1,273,559
2021 (1/1/21-5/10/21) Fires: 20,381 Acres: 544,021
2020 (1/1/20-5/10/20) Fires: 13,966 Acres: 286,324
2019 (1/1/19-5/10/19) Fires: 11,825 Acres: 229,470
2018 (1/1/18-5/10/18) Fires: 20,444 Acres: 1,460,176
2017 (1/1/17-5/10/17) Fires: 21,739 Acres: 2,070,969
2016 (1/1/16-5/10/16) Fires: 17,116 Acres: 1,501,828
2015 (1/1/15-5/10/15) Fires: 18,020 Acres: 357,315
2014 (1/1/14-5/10/14) Fires: 21,511 Acres: 424,984
10-year average Year-to-Date
2014-2023 Fires: 18,212 Acres: 858,122
Current Wildfires
Fires: 3
Acres: 4,923
New: 3
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Flying Bucket 
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Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Central District 
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ST 2,795 75 Fourteen miles southwest of Maricopa, AZ  
* Horse 
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Tonto National Forest 
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USFS 512 29 Twenty-eight miles southwest of Payson, AZ  
* Wolf 
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Coconino National Forest 
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USFS 1,616 0 Twenty-three miles north of Payson, AZ  
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 0
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
School 
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Kern County Fire Department 
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ST 1,479 100 Four miles east of Maricopa, CA  
Fires: 1
Acres: 464
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
75 RD 
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Florida Forest Service 
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ST 464 95 Started on private land 12 miles east of Frostproof, FL  
Fires: 0
Acres: 0
New: 1
Contained: 1
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Deerhead East 
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Barber County 
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CNTY 450 100    
Fires: 1
Acres: 300
New: 1
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
* Forest Trail 
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National Forests in Mississippi 
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USFS 300 95 Three miles southwest of McHenry, MS  
Fires: 1
Acres: 3,278
New: 0
Contained: 0
Fire Unit Agency Size % Ctn Location Information
Little Yamsay 
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Fremont-Winema National Forest 
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USFS 3,278 30 Twenty-five miles southeast of Chemult, OR