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September 27, 2022 - One new large fire was reported in Washington yesterday Currently, 89 large fires and complexes have burned 782,752 acres in seven states. About 6,800 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. Two Type 1 incident management teams (IMTs) and five Type 2 IMTs are supporting incidents in the West.
Dry and breezy conditions are expected in the Southeast with the most critical north winds near the Gulf Coast. Many places in Florida are expecting wind, rain, and storm surge impacts from Hurrian Ian. Visit the Predictive Services website for more information about current weather conditions and listen to the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
Hurricane Ian will move into the southeast Gulf of Mexico, west of the Florida Keys, bringing numerous showers and thunderstorms and gusty winds to much of the Florida Peninsula. North winds will increase across the Southeast to 10-20 mph with minimum relative humidity below 30% for areas of elevated fire weather conditions. Locally critical conditions are most likely over portions of Alabama and Georgia where areas of relative humidity below 20% are forecast. Locally breezy and dry north to northwest winds are also likely to continue across much of the Mississippi Valley. Above normal temperatures will continue across the West with afternoon relative humidity of 7-25%. West to southwest winds will increase east of the Cascades into the Columbia Basin, southeast Oregon, and northeast California. Elevated to locally critical conditions are most likely to develop across south- central Oregon and portions of the northern Great Basin due to sustained winds of 15-20 mph with gusts 25-30 mph amid relative humidity of 8-15%. Scattered afternoon wet thunderstorms are expected across the greater Four Corners area, while isolated thunderstorms are possible in the southern Sierra and southeast California.
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
1 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
89 | |
Acres from active fires | 782,752 | |
Fires contained | 0 |
Year-to-date statistics
2022 (1/1/22-9/27/22) | Fires: 52,951 | Acres: 6,851,495 |
2021 (1/1/21-9/27/21) | Fires: 45,971 | Acres: 5,879,222 |
2020 (1/1/20-9/27/20) | Fires: 44,520 | Acres: 7,459,248 |
2019 (1/1/19-9/27/19) | Fires: 39,476 | Acres: 4,358,415 |
2018 (1/1/18-9/27/18) | Fires: 48,946 | Acres: 7,740,460 |
2017 (1/1/17-9/27/17) | Fires: 49,362 | Acres: 8,450,514 |
2016 (1/1/16-9/27/16) | Fires: 44,777 | Acres: 4,865,089 |
2015 (1/1/15-9/27/15) | Fires: 48,941 | Acres: 9,021,384 |
2014 (1/1/14-9/27/14) | Fires: 40,565 | Acres: 3,024,440 |
2013 (1/1/13-9/27/13) | Fires: 38,745 | Acres: 4,092,640 |
2012 (1/1/12-9/27/12) | Fires: 47,991 | Acres: 8,720,743 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
2012-2021 | Fires: 44,798 | Acres: 6,343,209 |
Source: NIFC