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October 17, 2022 - Seventy-two large fires or complexes have burned 776,012 acres in six states. About 3,400 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. One Type 1 incident management team (IMT) is supporting Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in Florida. One Type 1 IMT and four Type 2 IMTs are assigned to large fires in the Northwest and Northern California areas.
Much of the West will be warm and dry. The Midwest, Southeast and Texas will be cool, dry and windy. Visit the Predictive Services website for more information about current weather conditions and listen to the weekly fuels and fire danger podcast.
Dry and windy post-frontal conditions are expected on much of the Plains into the Lower Missouri, Mid-Mississippi, and western Ohio Valleys as north-northwest sustained winds of 15-25 mph gusting 20-40 mph develop amid minimum relative humidity of 12-30%. Elevated to locally critical conditions are most likely from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa through eastern Kansas and much of Missouri. Temperatures will be well below normal across much of Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes, and the Missouri, Ohio, and Mississippi Valleys, especially later in the day and overnight as cold air pushes south from Canada. Above normal temperatures and minimum relative humidity of 8-25% will continue across much of the Inland Northwest, Great Basin, eastern California, and into the northern Rockies. Thunderstorms and showers are likely to continue across portions of New Mexico, west and south Texas, and the Great Lakes, including snow in portions of the northern Great Lakes. Thunderstorms are likely on portions of the Gulf and East Coasts, with showers spreading into the Northeast.
Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
2 | States currently reporting large fires: |
Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
72 | |
Acres from active fires | 776,012 | |
Fires contained | 1 |
2022 (1/1/22-10/17/22) | Fires: 56,449 | Acres: 6,940,567 |
2021 (1/1/21-10/17/21) | Fires: 47,749 | Acres: 6,501,751 |
2020 (1/1/20-10/17/20) | Fires: 46,093 | Acres: 8,361,885 |
2019 (1/1/19-10/17/19) | Fires: 43,662 | Acres: 4,465,562 |
2018 (1/1/18-10/17/18) | Fires: 49,936 | Acres: 8,155,303 |
2017 (1/1/17-10/17/17) | Fires: 51,555 | Acres: 8,777,564 |
2016 (1/1/16-10/17/16) | Fires: 49,219 | Acres: 4,960,992 |
2015 (1/1/15-10/17/15) | Fires: 52,709 | Acres: 9,334,891 |
2014 (1/1/14-10/17/14) | Fires: 42,374 | Acres: 3,168,930 |
2013 (1/1/13-10/17/13) | Fires: 40,008 | Acres: 4,151,435 |
2012 (1/1/12-10/17/12) | Fires: 50,519 | Acres: 6,732,818 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
2012-2021 | Fires: 47,289 | Acres: 6,676,660 |
Source: NIFC