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Hazards and Environment

Wildfire

Sixteen large fires are being suppressed nationwide, with year-to-date acreage above the ten-year average.
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Why this is rated stable

The National Interagency Fire Center reports 16 large fires being suppressed as of Sep 27, 2026, below the 30-fire threshold for elevated status, so the level is stable. Year-to-date 8,562,096 acres have burned, 142% of the ten-year average, and national preparedness is at level 2 of 5.

Stable: Operating within normal ranges. No significant disruptions or unusual risks. Methodology

About this area

Tracks active large wildfires, acres burned, and national firefighting resource levels.

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Latest readings. Changes are shown without judgment of whether up or down is better.

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Active large fires

Total number of large fires being suppressed nationwide, per NIFC statistics.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center		16fires

Acres burned (YTD)

Year-to-date acres burned across all fires, 142% of the ten-year average for this date.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center		8.56M acres

National preparedness level

Source: National Interagency Fire Center		2 of 5

Timeline of developments

  1. New large fires in Texas, Oklahoma, and Washington (opens original release)

    The Incident Management Situation Report lists three new large incidents, including Rafter 4B in Texas and Stone Bridge in Oklahoma, with extreme fire behavior and structures threatened.

    Source: National Interagency Fire Center

  2. Firefighters containing 26 large fires nationally (opens original release)

    NIFC reported 26 large fires with 6,824 personnel assigned, and year-to-date 57,087 fires burning more than 8.5 million acres, 145% of the average acres burned for this date.

    Source: National Interagency Fire Center

Sources and citations

  1. 1.
    National Incident Management Situation Report

    National Interagency Fire Center. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.

  2. 2.
    Wildfire statistics

    National Interagency Fire Center. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.

  3. 3.
    National fire news

    National Interagency Fire Center. Accessed Sep 27, 2026.

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