RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The potential for large wildfires in the Black Hills National Forest region appears low this year.

State Fire Meteorologist Darren Clabo says wetter-than-average conditions expected in May and June will dampen the likelihood of major fires through the rest of the summer.

There have been two big fires already this spring — The Cold Fire and the Storm Hill Fire that together burned more than three square miles. Clabo says warm, dry conditions contributed to those fires but that recent rain and snow has reduced the risk of a repeat.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows only a small pocket of abnormally dry conditions in the region, and no drought.

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