June 16, 2022 - Three new large fires were reported, one in Alaska, Arizona, and Texas. Currently, more than 7,100 wildland firefighters and support personnel are assigned to incidents across 
the country.
As of today, 30,344 wildfires have burned 2,957,485 acres across the United States. This is the most wildfires and acres burned-to-date in the past 10 years and is well above the 10-year averages. With extreme weather conditions in many parts of the country, it's imperative that you do your part to prevent wildfires. Check local fire restrictions before you head out to enjoy your public lands this weekend.
Wildland fire managers prepare for another day of critical weather conditions in parts of Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been issued for Alaska's southwest and central Interior regions. Prolonged hot, dry and windy conditions resulted in very dry fuels and increased potential fire extreme fire behavior. The weekly fuels and fire danger briefing and current advisories are available on the National Interagency Coordination Center Predictive Services website.
Strong high pressure aloft will stretch from the Southwest through the southern Plains to the Southeast with hot temperatures for the Southwest and southern Great Basin. Moisture will move westward from the southern Plains into New Mexico and eastern Arizona to fuel isolated, mainly dry thunderstorms in the afternoon with several new fire starts likely. An upper trough will move into the Pacific Northwest and push a slow-moving cold front into the Great Basin, with elevated to critical conditions ahead of the front across central and southern Nevada into west-central Utah. South winds 15-30 mph with gusts to 45 mph are expected amid relative humidity of 5-15%. Very warm and dry conditions will continue in the central and eastern Interior of Alaska with new fires possible due to isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast along and ahead of a cold front from the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the eastern Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic. Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are expected in the Southeast, with showers west of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington as well.
| 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. |
21 | |
| Acres from active fires | 712,150 | |
| Fires contained | 2 |
Year-to-date statistics
| 2022 (1/1/22-6/16/22) | Fires: 30,344 | Acres: 2,957,485 |
| 2021 (1/1/21-6/16/21) | Fires: 28,035 | Acres: 1,018,757 |
| 2020 (1/1/20-6/16/20) | Fires: 21,638 | Acres: 865,575 |
| 2019 (1/1/19-6/16/19) | Fires: 17,118 | Acres: 459,776 |
| 2018 (1/1/18-6/16/18) | Fires: 26,353 | Acres: 2,131,339 |
| 2017 (1/1/17-6/16/17) | Fires: 27,109 | Acres: 2,482,674 |
| 2016 (1/1/16-6/16/16) | Fires: 22,796 | Acres: 1,869,563 |
| 2015 (1/1/15-6/16/15) | Fires: 24,406 | Acres: 515,383 |
| 2014 (1/1/14-6/16/14) | Fires: 23,670 | Acres: 800,969 |
| 2013 (1/1/13-6/16/13) | Fires: 19,765 | Acres: 482,199 |
| 2012 (1/1/12-6/16/12) | Fires: 24,464 | Acres: 1,061,383 |
10-year average Year-to-Date
| 2012-2021 | Fires: 23,398 | Acres: 1,143,366 |
Source: NIFC
