June 2, 2022 - Eleven uncontained large fires have burned 677,740 acres in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. More than 5,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to 
incident across the country.
To date, 28,046 wildfires have burned 1,920,233 acres. More than 26,600 of these wildfires have been caused by humans, burning 1.86 million acres. The states with the most human-caused wildfires in 2022 are: Texas, North Carolina, California, Georgia, and Florida. Fire year 2022 is well underway with the warmer weather and dry wildland vegetation in many places across the country. Nearly 9 out of 10 wildfires nationwide are human caused. Wildland firefighters need you to do your part to prevent wildfires.
The National Interagency Coordination Center Predictive Services staff released the significant wildland fire potential outlook for June, July, August and September. Most of the Southwest, southern Great Basin, and southern Colorado is forecast to have above normal significant fire potential in June, before returning to normal in July. Above normal significant fire potential is forecast across northern California and the lee sides of the Hawai’ian Islands through September, with above normal potential spreading into the southern Sierra and Coast Ranges of southern California in August and September. Above normal potential for central Oregon in June will expand across most of the Northwest by August, with above normal potential remaining in the Cascades and western Oregon in September. Central and eastern Montana east of the Continental Divide and much of Wyoming are forecast to have above normal potential July through September as well. Portions of southern and eastern Idaho are also forecast to increase to above normal potential in August and September. The monthly seasonal outlook podcast is also available.
Isolated to scattered mixed wet and dry thunderstorms are forecast along and east of the Divide in New Mexico and Colorado, with pyrocumulonimbus development possible on very active large wildfires. Severe thunderstorms are possible from central New Mexico into southwest Texas, with gusty outflow winds likely associated with most thunderstorms in New Mexico and Colorado. Dry and breezy conditions are expected east of the Sierra across western and southern portions of the Great Basin and into the Southwest west of the Divide, but relative humidity will be higher across New Mexico and Colorado along and east of the Divide. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely across the Pacific Northwest into the northern Rockies, with marginally severe storms possible. Strong to severe thunderstorms will develop from east Texas stretching northeast near a cold front through the Mid-Atlantic. Hot and dry conditions will continue across much of Alaska, with isolated thunderstorms in eastern portions of the Interior and Alaska Range. http://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/outlooks/outlooks.htm
| 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. |
11 | |
| Acres from active fires | 677,740 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/02/22) | Fires: 28,046 | Acres: 1,920,233 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/02/21) | Fires: 25,769 | Acres: 711,648 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/02/20) | Fires: 19,873 | Acres: 466,047 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/02/19) | Fires: 14,968 | Acres: 277,745 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/02/18) | Fires: 24,144 | Acres: 1,679,637 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/02/17) | Fires: 25,008 | Acres: 2,214,646 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/02/16) | Fires: 20,713 | Acres: 1,625,465 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/02/15) | Fires: 22,112 | Acres: 410,990 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/02/14) | Fires: 21,934 | Acres: 727,868 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-6/02/13) | Fires: 18,073 | Acres: 254,328 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-6/02/12) | Fires: 22,430 | Acres: 786,453 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 21,333 | Acres: 895,727 |
Source: NIFC
