U.S. Wildfire Season Continues to Burn into November with Six Large Uncontained Wildfires Reported

The U.S. wildfire season continues to burn into November. Last Friday (10-29-21), the National Interagency Fire Center reported there are wildfire fighters deployed trying to contain 6 large wildfires burning on over 336,400 acres nationally. Three new large fires were reported on Friday — two in Texas and one in Colorado.

Seasonal temperatures and semi-wet weather conditions continue to help wildland firefighters work toward containment goals. However, many wildfires that have been burning for months continue to burn with only 7 being reported as fully contained.

Year to date, 48,366 wildfires have scorched more than 6,523,989 acres in the United States. In comparison to the same time period in 2020 — at the time considered a “bad” fire season — 47,132 wildfires were reported, and they had consumed 8,542,737 acres.

In total, 6 fires are burning and that does not include individual fires within complexes. The breakdown per state of wildfires is as follows: California, 3; Montana, 1; Oregon, 1; and Washington State, 1.