National Preparedness Level: 2 (On a scale from 1 to 5)
Northern California PL: 1
Southern California PL: 1
Smaller, local incidents are listed in the Happening Now section.
Current National Situation:
May 26, 2023 – Initial attack was light with 85 new fires reported. 1 new large fire reported and 1 large fire contained.
Seventeen fire suppression crews, three incident management teams and thirty-three overhead personnel have been assigned to large fires in Alberta, Canada.
This report will be posted every Friday unless significant activity occurs.
| This week | Year to date | 10-yr average |
| Fires: 85 Acres: 972 | Fires: 17,292 Acres: 498,820 | Fires: 21,000 Acres: 969,573 (2013 – 2022 as of today) |
Regional fires
| Incident Name | State | Lead Agency | Size (acres) | Percent Contained | Estimate of Containment | Personnel | Structures Destroyed |
| Mosquito, Oxbow Reservoir | CA | TNF | 76,788 | 100% | October 22, 2022 | 761 | 78 |
California fires
Out of state fires
Map information provided courtesy of the UDSA Remote Sensing Application Center using data provided by the National Interagency Fire Center. The data is subject to change.
Weather Outlook
Dry and breezy conditions will continue in portions of the Southwest onto the West Slope. Dry post-frontal conditions are expected across portions of the Great Lakes into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; with breezy to gusty southerly winds from the Dakotas into Minnesota. Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely on the High Plains, and isolated to scattered thunderstorms are forecast in the central and northern Intermountain West, including possible flooding due to heavy rain and snowmelt causing high water levels in streams and rivers. Thunderstorms will continue on the Florida Peninsula, with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms from northern Mississippi into the southern Appalachians. Flood Watches and Warnings will continue across parts of Alaska, especially in the Interior, for snowmelt and ice jams, and showers are likely along the southern Alaska coast into the Brooks Range, parts of the Interior, and western Alaska.