United States Wildfires

About wildfires in United States

The United States experiences thousands of wildfires annually, with the western states bearing the brunt of increasingly severe fire seasons. From California and Oregon to Colorado and Montana, rising temperatures, prolonged drought, and decades of fire suppression have created conditions for larger, more destructive fires.

Federal agencies including the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), USDA Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management coordinate the nation's wildfire response. The US spends billions of dollars annually on wildfire suppression, with costs continuing to rise as fire seasons grow longer and more intense.

Our tracker provides real-time monitoring of all fire activity across the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii using NASA FIRMS satellite data.