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  National Fire News
**National Preparedness Level 1**
as of October 13, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5)
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***This report will be updated on Fridays.***Please check the IMSR for more information.
      
            **April 12, 2024**Thirty one new large fires were reported in the past week. Currently, seven large uncontained wildfires are burning in five states. Kansas and Oklahoma each have two, and Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota have one. Wildland firefighters and support personnel contained 26 large fires this week.The National Interagency Coordination Center predictive services staff released the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook on April 1. Parts of the Eastern, Rocky Mountain and Southwest areas could see above normal wildfire potential this month.A fuels and fire behavior advisory is still in effect for Northwest Texas, western Oklahoma, southwest Kansas, southeastern Colorado and far eastern New Mexico. Wildland fire personnel should expect extreme to unprecedented fire growth and intensity in these areas.When you decide to live in the wildland urban interface, or WUI, get to know your neighbors and not just the people living around you. Wildfire has also lived in your neighborhood. Act today to protect your neighborhood by preventing unwanted fires and reducing the losses from catastrophic wildfire. These are things everyone can do. Introduce your community to valuable programs likeFirewise and Fire Adaptive Communitiesto bring partners together to reduce the risks before fires start. Don’t wait for the flames to come your way, get Firewise today!
      
  Weather
              A cold front will move off the East Coast today, with precipitation ending in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and dry and breezy northwesterly winds behind the front across the Southeast into Saturday. An upper low will bring light precipitation to portions of the Northwest into the northern Great Basin into this weekend, with moderate precipitation likely for California. Well above normal temperatures are forecast ahead of the low across the Southwest into the southern and central High Plains. Dry, southwesterly winds will likely produce elevated to critical conditions across southern New Mexico Sunday spreading onto much of the central Plains and western Mid-Mississippi Valley Monday. Another upper low is likely to drop into the Northwest and northern Rockies Monday, with light precipitation spreading across portions of the Northwest into the northern Plains and snow levels. As these systems move onto the Plains mid-next week, wetting rain is forecast for much of the eastern Plains into the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes, while severe thunderstorms are likely on the central/southern Plains. Periods of snow are expected across much of western Alaska and the Interior this weekend, with strong downslope winds forecast downwind of the Alaska Range. A strong low to the northwest of Hawai’i is forecast to bring heavy rain to portions of Niihau and Kauai today into tomorrow, with scattered showers moving across the rest of the islands this weekend.

  Daily statistics
              Number of new large fires or emergency response * *New fires are identified with an asterisk*
31
States currently reporting large fires:Number of active large fires*Total does not include individual fires within complexes.*
7
Kansas (2)
Oklahoma (2)
Missouri (1)
North Dakota (1)
South Dakota (1)Acres from active fires
21,352Fires contained
26

  Year-to-date statistics
              2024 (1/1/24-4/12/24)
Fires: 9,458
Acres: 1,754,4392023 (1/1/23-4/12/23)
Fires: 10,837
Acres: 297,3022022 (1/1/22-4/12/22)
Fires: 18,265
Acres: 786,2952021 (1/1/21-4/12/21)
Fires: 14,005
Acres: 423,8972020 (1/1/20-4/12/20)
Fires: 8,701
Acres: 194,0202019 (1/1/19-4/12/19)
Fires: 7,910
Acres: 190,5442018 (1/1/18-4/12/18)
Fires: 13,696
Acres: 612,8042017 (1/1/17-4/12/17)
Fires: 16,108
Acres: 2,185,7742016 (1/1/16-4/12/16)
Fires: 11,628
Acres: 841,0312015 (1/1/15-4/12/15)
Fires: 11,682
Acres: 265,4522014 (1/1/14-4/12/14)
Fires: 14,770
Acres: 237,86110-year average Year-to-Date
2014-2023
Fires: 12,590
Acres: 590,955

  Current Wildfires
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Alabama
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 3
**Contained:** 4
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Baldwin Edit
Alabama Forestry Commission Edit
ST
560
100* Cahaba Lookout Edit
National Forests in Alabama Edit
USFS
400
100* Mobile Edit
Alabama Forestry Commission Edit
ST
723
100Walker Edit
Alabama Forestry Commission Edit
ST
653
100
Six miles southwest of Alta, AL
Colorado
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 1
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Vision Hills Edit
Pueblo County Edit
CNTY
106
100
Florida
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 2
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Hinson Edit
National Forests in Florida Edit
USFS
2,391
100Wekiva 48 Edit
Florida Forest Service Edit
ST
290
100
Kansas
**Fires:** 2
**Acres:** 13,271
**New:** 2
**Contained:** 0
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Blue River 2 Edit
Pottawatomie County Edit
CNTY
5,000
95
Nine miles northeast of Olsburg, KS* Burklund Edit
Pottawatomie County Edit
CNTY
8,271
90
Three miles northeast of Randolph, KS
Mississippi
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 3
**Contained:** 3
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Attala 3275 Edit
Mississippi Forestry Commission Edit
ST
304
100* Butler Rd Edit
Mississippi Forestry Commission Edit
ST
348
100* Jackson 5904 Edit
Mississippi Forestry Commission Edit
ST
490
100
Missouri
**Fires:** 1
**Acres:** 300
**New:** 2
**Contained:** 1
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Backbone Edit
Mark Twain National Forest Edit
USFS
300
80
Fifteen miles west of West Plains, MO* Totality Edit
Mark Twain National Forest Edit
USFS
474
100
North Carolina
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 1
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Highway 12 Edit
North Carolina Forest Service Edit
ST
3,318
100
North Dakota
**Fires:** 1
**Acres:** 1,365
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 0
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Twisted Arrow Edit
Fort Totten Agency Edit
BIA
1,365
95
One mile north of Hamar, ND
Oklahoma
**Fires:** 2
**Acres:** 5,665
**New:** 14
**Contained:** 12
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* 57 Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
5,291
72
Ten miles southwest of Sharon, OK* Saline Creek Edit
Cherokee Nation Tribe Edit
BIA
374
20
Nine miles south of Jay, OK* Avard Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
1,286
100* Ballew Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
1,089
100* Boggs Hollow Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
2,190
100* Bowman Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
1,536
100* Cave Springs Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
320
100* Honey Hill Creek Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
158
100* Howell Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
2,110
100* Robert Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
2,654
100* South Ballew Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
1,221
100* Stabler Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
1,833
100* Sunset Edit
Osage Agency Edit
BIA
1,582
100* Usury Mountain Edit
Oklahoma Division of Forestry Edit
ST
200
100
South Dakota
**Fires:** 1
**Acres:** 751
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 0
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Creek Side Edit
Pine Ridge Agency Edit
BIA
751
90
Two miles northwest of Wounded Knee, SD
Tennessee
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 1
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Davis Creek Road Edit
Tennessee Division of Forestry Edit
ST
455
100
Texas
**Fires:** 0
**Acres:** 0
**New:** 1
**Contained:** 1
Fire
Unit
Agency
Size
% Ctn
Location
Information* Dominguez Edit
Texas A & M Forest Service Edit
ST
318
100
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