Introduction to Fire Behavior

US Wildland Fires 2005
(this page last updated 6/30/05)
building fresh as of 6/30/05-- lots of gaps, still
Click here for last year's page (2004).

For fairly current fire news in the regular media, try Yahoo-Wildfires (their human-compiled list on this subject) or Search Yahoo news for "wildfire".
Or for technical details, Click National Fire News and scroll down state-by-state.

On this page, jump down to:

• General Sources

• Fires in Arizona and New Mexico

• Fires in Montana

• Fires in Alaska

• Fires in California

• Fires in Colorado

• Fires in Nevada

• Fires in Utah

• Fires in Other Areas

• Year-to-date Statistics

National

**7/9/05"
8 new large
14 active large
 

**6/30/05:
8 new large
21 active large
notable:
AZ Cave Creek Complex 172,778 acres / 40%
NV Southern Nevada Complex 392,674 acres / 25%
 

General Sources--National Fire News Yahoo special coverage of Wildland Fires--continually updated Wildfires--Special coverage, Washington Post SouthWest Area Wildland Fire News--from the Forest Service GeoMAC from USGS US MAP of Fires--pdf file of latest major US Wildland fires.(a little slow to load..) Southwest Area - Large Fire Location Map--year-to-date: Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) US MAP - Large Wildland Fires National Fire News-- daily update on all large US wildland fires Situation report-- pdf file with technical update on fires Current Wildland Fire Information--jumping-off place to their various features Links Page to related sites Fire and Aviation Management National Incident Information Center - Morning Report Wild Land Fires Continental US Web Fire Maps--complicated interactive map of satellite-based fire detections, by date range--zoom control, etc. GOES-8 WFABBA Southwestern US and Northern Mexico--satellite images to detect fires USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management News & Info index

 

	Fires in Arizona and New Mexico--National Fire News Southwest Area - Fire Information--this gives up-to-date summaries on fires in Arizona and New Mexico, and links to current news articles (scroll way down their page). Southwest Area - Large Fire Location Map Current satellite image loop centered on Phoenix--smoke plumes may be visible

	Fires in Montana---National Fire News

	Fires in Alaska -- National Fire News

	Fires in California--National Fire News

	Fires in Colorado -- National Fire News

	Fires in Nevada--National Fire News

	Fires in Utah--National Fire News , and especially Utah Fire Info.gov

	Fires in Other Areas--National Fire News

	Daily and Year-to-date Statistics pasted on date shown go to http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html for the current posting.

Daily Statistics 7/21/05		Year-to-date Statistics 1/1/05 - 7/21/05
Number of new large fires	10	Year-to-date large fires contained			388
Number of active large fires	35	Fires contained on 7/20/05			10
Acres from active fires	267,789
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	10
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres	120,551
States currently reporting active large fires (includes WFU): Alaska (2) Arizona (18) California (1) Colorado (5) Idaho (3) Montana (4) Nevada (1) New Mexico (3) Oregon (1) Utah (7)		Year-to-date Statistics
		2005	(1/1/05 - 7/21/05)	Fires: 35,511	Acres: 3,884,403
		2004	(1/1/04 - 7/21/04)	Fires: 43,815	Acres: 4,653,947
		2003	(1/1/03 - 7/21/03)	Fires: 32,147	Acres: 1,355,536
		2002	(1/1/02 - 7/21/02)	Fires: 50,168	Acres: 3,632,508
		2001	(1/1/01 - 7/21/01)	Fires: 48,000	Acres: 1,461,575
		2000	(1/1/00 - 7/21/00)	Fires: 55,924	Acres: 2,850,667
		10-Year Average
		1995 - 2005		Fires: 49,306	Acres: 2,363,658

Daily Statistics 7/09/05		Year-to-date Statistics 1/1/05 - 7/09/05
Number of new large fires	5	Year-to-date large fires contained		338
Number of active large fires	14	Fires contained on 7/08/05		4
Acres from active fires	700,296
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	5
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres	89,418
States currently reporting active large fires (includes WFU): Alaska (3) Arizona (5) California (1) Colorado (3) Nevada (1) New Mexico (3) Texas (2) Washington (1)		Year-to-date Statistics
		2005 (1/1/05 - 7/09/05)	Fires: 33,632	Acres: 3,006,282
		2004 (1/1/04 - 7/09/04)	Fires: 40,470	Acres: 2,922,638
		2003 (1/1/03 - 7/09/03)	Fires: 28,850	Acres: 983,478
		2002 (1/1/02 - 7/09/02)	Fires: 45,193	Acres: 3,142,507
		2001 (1/1/01 - 7/09/01)	Fires: 43,493	Acres: 1,239,777
		2000 (1/1/00 - 7/09/00)	Fires: 51,158	Acres: 2,159,668
		10-Year Average
		1995 - 2005	Fires: 45,300	Acres: 1,846,859

Daily Statistics 6/30/05		Year-to-date Statistics 1/1/05 - 6/30/05
Number of new large fires	8	Year-to-date large fires contained		290
Number of active large fires	21	Fires contained on 6/29/05		4
Acres from active fires
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) fires	4
Number of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) acres
States currently reporting active large fires (includes WFU): Alaska (6) Arizona (9) Colorado (1) Nevada (2) New Mexico (2) Utah (2)		Year-to-date Statistics
		2005 (1/1/05 - 6/30/05)	Fires: 30,079	Acres: 1,880,076
		2004 (1/1/04 - 6/30/04)	Fires: 39,739	Acres: 1,530,108
		2003 (1/1/03 - 6/30/03)	Fires: 26,880	Acres: 728,615
		2002 (1/1/02 - 6/30/02)	Fires: 44,661	Acres: 2,795,216
		2001 (1/1/01 - 6/30/01)	Fires: 40,646	Acres: 1,080,332
		2000 (1/1/00 - 6/30/00)	Fires: 49,000	Acres: 1,653,941
		10-Year Average
		1995 - 2005	Fires: 42,506	Acres: 1,355,122