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Track Wildfires in the U.S.

By Matthew Bloch, Josh Williams, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, John-Michael Murphy and Tiff Fehr

Daily Summary

Updated

As of Tuesday, there is one new large or notable fire currently burning in the Western United States. Fewer fires recently have dominated headlines compared with past fire seasons. But some early outbreaks in Texas and elsewhere have begun to raise worries about this year’s fire season.

Notable Fires

D4 Kootenai Faceoff - RX fire map as of Mon. 3:14 PM MT.

D4 Kootenai Faceoff - RX

  • Size unknown
  • No change in past day
  • Containment unavailable
Axelton-burklund Fire fire map as of Thu. 2:30 PM CT.

Axelton-burklund Fire

  • 8,300 acres
  • No change in past day
  • 90% contained
Blue River 2 fire map as of Sat. 3:45 AM CT.

Blue River 2

  • 5,000 acres
  • +2 acres/past day
  • 95% contained
RX Well Hollow fire map as of April 5.

RX Well Hollow

  • 2,800 acres
  • +1 acres/past day
  • Containment unavailable
Hughes Creek RX fire map as of Sun. 1:51 PM MT.

Hughes Creek RX

  • 4,400 acres
  • +2 acres/past day
  • Containment unavailable
Dcnf Comp 54 RX fire map as of April 4.

Dcnf Comp 54 RX

  • 2,300 acres
  • +1 acres/past day
  • Containment unavailable
Dcnf Comp 32 RX fire map as of March 29.

Dcnf Comp 32 RX

  • 2,100 acres
  • No change in past day
  • Containment unavailable
Dcnf Comp 13 RX fire map as of March 28.

Dcnf Comp 13 RX

  • 1,300 acres
  • No change in past day
  • Containment unavailable

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Methodology

The map includes active and recent fires reported by the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services Group. The locations of the fires on the map are approximate, derived from data reported by the NASA FIRMS satellite-based fire detection system, which makes observations several times a day. Areas marked in red indicate where active burning was detected within 24 hours of the most recent fires reflected on the map. The exact boundary of a fire may differ from the extent shown on the map by 500 meters or more.

Air quality data is derived from PurpleAir sensors. Colored squares show levels of particulate matter in the air that average 2.5 microns or smaller in diameter where sensor data is available within a 10-mile radius of each square’s position. Readings have been adjusted to account for the properties of wood smoke. The quality levels are based on the Air Quality Index developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Population counts are rounded estimates. Totals are calculated using 2020 nighttime estimates from the Landscan, a population database generated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Credits

By Matthew Bloch, Josh Williams, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, John-Michael Murphy and Tiff Fehr. Additional production by Jon Huang.

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