This fire season is going to be terrible. It already is terrible. Fires have raged through Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, and now Nebraska, which has experienced its most historic fire season to date. In March. Most of the country is in drought and/or suffering from low snowpack, including the Southeast, which is gripped by historic drought.
We’re gonna get in the weeds here, so hang in with me.
In the midst of this, the National Interagency Fire Center recently released its National Significant Wildland Fire Outlook for March-June 2026.
From the first paragraph:
“Fire activity remained at low levels across the U.S. in February but increased modestly the latter half of the month. The most notable increase in activity occurred in the Southern Area, which increased its geographic area preparedness level to three (on a scale of 1-5) February 24.
Other areas that had more modest increases in activity were the Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, and Eastern Areas. However, the National …
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