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October 18, 2022 - Currently, 71 large fires have burned 651,947 acres. Most of the large fires continue to burn in Idaho, Montana and Washington. Three new large fires were reported, one each 
in Kansas, Oklahoma and Washington. About 3,400 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents. One Type 1 incident management team (IMT) and four Type 2 IMTs are supporting large fires in the Northwest and Northern California areas.
Since January 1, 56,586 wildfires have burned 6,945,665 acres. This is the most wildfires reported to-date in the past 10 years. As we head into fall, please remember that wildland firefighters are still working to contain large fires around the country. Please check for fire restrictions before you head out to enjoy our public land. We need your help to prevent human-caused wildfires by recreating responsibly.
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.
Elevated fire weather conditions are possible if not likely in the Mid/Lower Mississippi, Lower Missouri, and Ohio Valleys, central Gulf Coast, eastern portions of the southern and central Plains, and east and central Texas as northerly sustained winds of 10-20 mph gusting 25-35 mph amid minimum relative humidity 10-30% develop. Widespread critically low relative humidity is expected from the southeast Atlantic Coast to central Texas. Temperatures will be below normal, with highs in the 40s to 60s across these areas. Above normal temperatures and minimum relative humidity of 8-25% will continue across much of the northwestern CONUS. Higher relative humidity is expected west of the Cascades due to weak onshore flow during the day, but offshore flow may develop overnight as a thermal trough extends along coastal Oregon and northern California into western Washington. Showers with isolated embedded thunderstorms will continue over the Great Lakes and New England, including snow in parts of the Great Lakes, most likely in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Thunderstorms and showers are likely in south Texas and Florida as well.
| Number of new large fires or emergency response * New fires are identified with an asterisk |
3 | States currently reporting large fires: |
| Number of active large fires Total does not include individual fires within complexes. |
71 | |
| Acres from active fires | 651,947 | |
| Fires contained | 3 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-10/18/22) | Fires: 56,586 | Acres: 6,945,665 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-10/18/21) | Fires: 47,843 | Acres: 6,499,710 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-10/18/20) | Fires: 46,148 | Acres: 8,404,047 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-10/18/19) | Fires: 43,662 | Acres: 4,465,562 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-10/18/18) | Fires: 50,004 | Acres: 8,155,979 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-10/18/17) | Fires: 51,655 | Acres: 8,793,877 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-10/18/16) | Fires: 49,388 | Acres: 4,984,056 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-10/18/15) | Fires: 52,863 | Acres: 9,337,889 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-10/18/14) | Fires: 42,505 | Acres: 3,287,042 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-10/18/13) | Fires: 40,070 | Acres: 4,146,336 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-10/18/12) | Fires: 50,583 | Acres: 8,982,860 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 47,382 | Acres: 6,461,113 |
Source: NIFC
