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July 11, 2022 - Currently 73 large fires and complexes have burned 2,805,239 acres in 10 states. Alaska continues to be the busiest state, with 56 large fires and complexes that have burned 2.6 million acres. firefighters credit nifcMore than 6,000 wildland firefighters and support personnel area assigned to incidents across the country. Three Type 1 incident management teams (IMT) and eight Type 2 IMTs are supporting incidents in the Alaska, California, Great Basin, and Southwest areas.

To date, 35,711 wildfires have burned 4,845,026 acres. Areas with the most acres burned this year are Alaska, with 2.6 million and the Southern area, with more than a million. An updated fuels and fire behavior advisory was issued for the interior, southwest, and south central Alaska.

As we head into the hottest months of the year, stay up-to-date on weather, fire danger, and outlooks by visiting the Predictive Services website. Check out the National Significant wildland fire potential outlook and Predictive Services monthly deasonal outlook podcast that highlights what we can expect in July, August, September and October. 

Weather

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across much of the Interior into southwest and south-central Alaska, with showers likely from the Panhandle into southeast Alaska. Gusty northerly winds will develop in portions of Alaska, including southwest and south-central Alaska. Isolated dry thunderstorms are likely in portions of east-central Nevada and the mountains of central Utah on the fringe of monsoonal moisture over the greater Four Corners region, while scattered to numerous thunderstorms could produce severe weather and flash flooding in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, especially in the Sangre de Cristo Range. A cold front will stretch northeast from northern New Mexico into Michigan, with strong to severe thunderstorms likely along and ahead of the front. Once again, hot and dry conditions will continue across much of Texas, especially central and west Texas ahead of the cold front. Thunderstorms remain likely from the central Gulf Coast to the southeast Atlantic Coast. 

Daily statistics
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.
73
Acres from active fires 2,805,239
Fires contained 1

Year-to-date statistics
2022 (1/1/22-7/11/22) Fires: 35,711 Acres: 4,845,026
2021 (1/1/21-7/11/21) Fires: 33,491 Acres: 1,868,143
2020 (1/1/20-7/11/20) Fires: 27,253 Acres: 1,650,984
2019 (1/1/19-7/11/19) Fires: 22,004 Acres: 1,953,652
2018 (1/1/18-7/11/18) Fires: 32,568 Acres: 3,307,535
2017 (1/1/17-7/11/17) Fires: 33,430 Acres: 3,760,090
2016 (1/1/16-7/11/16) Fires: 28,496 Acres: 2,364,900
2015 (1/1/15-7/11/15) Fires: 30,678 Acres: 4,540,739
2014 (1/1/14-7/11/14) Fires: 28,618 Acres: 992,172
2013 (1/1/13-7/11/13) Fires: 24,377 Acres: 1,960,810
2012 (1/1/12-7/11/12) Fires: 31,486 Acres: 3,072,536

10-year average Year-to-Date
2012-2021 Fires: 28,989 Acres: 2,461,442

Source: NIFC