Fire weather is heating up across the western United States, exacerbated by an intense heatwave and ongoing severe drought. NOAA satellites are monitoring numerous wildfires and keeping watch on areas primed for ignition. As of June 17, 2021, 33 large fires are currently active, burning more than 400,000 acres in 10 states. More than one million acres have burned across the country so far in 2021.

NOAA satellites zoomed in on several of the major fires burning in the western U.S, including the Telegraph and Mescal Fires in southeastern Arizona, Pack Creek and Bear Fires in Utah, and the Robertson Draw Fire in Montana.

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Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA
Fire Danger Map Provided by USDA

Music:
“Flicker,” by Ben Niblett [PRS] and Jon Cotton [PRS]; Atmosphere; Universal Production Music

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